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High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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bourgeois     Speak
 
(2)
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lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
improperly forward or bold; rude
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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cervical     Speak
 
(3)
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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covert     Speak
 
(4)
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causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
unreachable; not available; unattainable
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denigrate     Speak
 
(5)
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make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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dispensary     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
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eloquent     Speak
 
(7)
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lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
exceedingly or unbelievably great
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
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feasible     Speak
 
(8)
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
directly ahead; straightforward
capable of being accomplished or brought about
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
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furtive     Speak
 
(9)
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
performed with a natural or offhand ease
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
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inevitable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
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invincible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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inoffensive expression of fat; stout
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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materialize     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
come into being; become reality
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obscene     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
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plebeian     Speak
 
(15)
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exceedingly or unbelievably great
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
unreachable; not available; unattainable
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recondite     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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rift     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
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synthetic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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queer; amusingly odd; comical
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
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wistful     Speak
 
(20)
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not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
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