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High School: 11th Grade
afterthought     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
an addition that was not included in the original plan; thinking again about a choice previously made
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amenable     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
very eager to get something; extremely desirous
emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
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befog     Speak
 
(3)
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lift forcefully from beneath
make less visible or unclear
attack with abusive language; vilify
calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
estimate the value of; draw from specific cases for more general cases
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betide     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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dress up or decorate with showy things
guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
act as a patron to; support or sponsor
to throw or bend back, from a surface; ring or echo with sound; spring back; spring away from an impact
become of; happen especially as if by fate
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cite     Speak
 
(5)
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completely remove or get rid of; abolish; rule out
cut in half or cut in two
beg persistently; ask for urgently or repeatedly; annoy
quote; adduce as an instance
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
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cordially     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
not capable of being computed or enumerated
in a hearty manner; in a warm and friendly way
having an outer covering especially of thin metal; wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
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earnest     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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someone who gossips indiscreetly
seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
someone who writes plays
person who carries a message
practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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emphatically     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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likely but not certain to be or become true or real
without question and beyond doubt
grossly improper; indecent; in poor taste
giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
in a prominent way; in a manner tending to attract attention
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forfeit     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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lose or be deprived of property or a right or privilege as a penalty for wrongdoing
estimate the value of; draw from specific cases for more general cases
make too low an estimate of
extend; pull in opposite directions; lie down comfortably
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
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inability     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
manners; rules governing socially acceptable behavior
lack of ability, especially mental ability, to do something
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
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interval     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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voluntary promotion of human welfare
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions
pause; break; space between two objects, points, or units
deep ditch cut by running water, especially after a prolonged downpour
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merit     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
a serving of wine poured out in honor of a deity; a serving of an alcoholic beverage
a quarrel about petty points
a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
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monotony     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere
wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
a final climactic stage; the decisive moment in a novel or play; a concluding action
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
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perspiration     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor; organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
clarity of outline; concise explanation
connection, whether of persons of things; union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose
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prove     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
pull up; displace; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; eradicate
increase in volume; be shown or be found to be; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
dress up or decorate with showy things
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resolutely     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
having no personal preference; objective
showing firm determination or purpose; with firmness
ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
in a permissively lenient manner
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serviette     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
a ray of moonlight
ban on commerce or other activity
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subvert     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
cause the downfall of; destroy property or hinder normal operations; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
extend; pull in opposite directions; lie down comfortably
belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
to throw or bend back, from a surface; ring or echo with sound; spring back; spring away from an impact
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surpass     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
supplement with great effort; add to; augment
deprive and make desolate, especially by death
quote; adduce as an instance
deem to be; connect closely and often incriminatingly; look at attentively
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undergarment     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
a garment worn under other garments
danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned; an event that results in total destruction; the state of being decayed or destroyed
first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start
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