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High School: 12th Grade
affectation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
humanistic study of language and literature
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
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broach     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
adjust again after an initial failure
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component     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
defending or protecting from disease or infection
directly ahead; straightforward
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dearth     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
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dispense     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
organize anew, as after a setback
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
combine something into a larger whole; unite
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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dupe     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
humanistic study of language and literature
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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expressive     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
exceedingly or unbelievably great
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forthright     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
directly ahead; straightforward
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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hypocrite     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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impoverish     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
to give an account or tell the story of
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liquidate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
discuss the terms of an arrangement
examine closely and critically
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
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medley     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
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oblivion     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
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reformatory     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
serving or designed to reform
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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scrimmage     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
an expert who gives advice
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
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segregate     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
examine closely and critically
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sundry     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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unreachable; not available; unattainable
unoriginal; derived from another source
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
directly ahead; straightforward
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uncouth     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
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