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High School: 10th Grade
acquire     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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bring out; arouse; call forth
deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude
gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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ascertain     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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produce; give rise to
write or engrave; mark down as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
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avid     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
first public performance, as of a movie or play; premier
greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
currently in progress; traveling by foot
without any clear results or proof
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browbeat     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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violate with violence, especially to sacred place
reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
deny the truth of; go against, as of rules and laws
bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
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constable     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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a police officer of the lowest rank; a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
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data     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
sudden downfall; complete disaster
collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
a police officer of the lowest rank; a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
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dismal     Speak
 
(7)
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causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
dull; lacking luster or shine
being beyond what is required or sufficient
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exalt     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
raise in rank or dignity; praise
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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formation     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a structure or arrangement of something; pattern
a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
superiority in numbers or amount
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headquarter     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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beginning or early stages; offensive against enemy
quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
offensive or insulting treatment
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
main office of large organization
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impenetrable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
yielding; lenient; forbearing or tolerant
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jubilant     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
incapable of being excelled; unbeatable
happy; merry; joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
marked by precise accordance with details
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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melancholy     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
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ordain     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone
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pharmaceutical     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
of or pertaining to knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
sky blue; light purplish blue
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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porous     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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unhappy; dissatisfied; frustrated
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
prejudiced; affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin; yellow or yellowish
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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rankle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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make and administer the public policy and affairs of
grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
outlive; live or last longer than
resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
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safeguard     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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nonbeliever; one who denies the existence of god
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
a spear with three prongs
container; reservoir; an object or space used to contain something
expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
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spurn     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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surprise or impress someone greatly; shock
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
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velocity     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
act of vindicating, or state of being vindicated; defense; evidence or statements that justify a claim or belief
sudden downfall; complete disaster
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