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High School: 12th Grade
ambience     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
an expert who gives advice
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
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bogus     Speak
 
(2)
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counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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circumspect     Speak
 
(3)
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having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
combine something into a larger whole; unite
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
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definitive     Speak
 
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lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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dissect     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
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elongate     Speak
 
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v.  
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recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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extradition     Speak
 
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n.  
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a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
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flange     Speak
 
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n.  
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a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
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humdrum     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
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innumerable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
consistent with; based on; using reason
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
too many to be counted; numerous
performed with a natural or offhand ease
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mainstay     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
young woman making formal entrance into society
act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
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minutiae     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
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obscene     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
mental keenness; quickness of perception
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
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prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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highest point; vertex; summit; climax
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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ravish     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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rogue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
body excluding head and neck and limbs
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
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theorem     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
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ultimate     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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