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High School: 12th Grade
acerbic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
serving or designed to reform
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august     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
composed of elements from a variety of sources
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
expecting the worst possible outcome
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clemency     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
restore to good condition; renew
place over something else; place on top of
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
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deficient     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
existing, happening, or done at the same time
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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disquiet     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
complete view in every direction.
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encampment     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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decree; authoritative command or order
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
god; divinity; supernatural things
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
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feign     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
regard with respect; favorable regard
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
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flaunt     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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hypocrite     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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infatuate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
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irreducible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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composed of elements from a variety of sources
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
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mendicant     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
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parry     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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portal     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
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rational     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
consistent with; based on; using reason
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
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roster     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
list, especially of names
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solitude     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
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tier     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
complete view in every direction.
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