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High School: 12th Grade
annihilate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
place over something else; place on top of
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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brandish     Speak
 
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move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
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carnivorous     Speak
 
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eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
capable of being accomplished or brought about
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
queer; amusingly odd; comical
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crucial     Speak
 
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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demented     Speak
 
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insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
increasing by successive addition
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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dispel     Speak
 
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v.  
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try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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dynamic     Speak
 
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energetic; vigorously active
unoriginal; derived from another source
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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feasible     Speak
 
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capable of being accomplished or brought about
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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furtive     Speak
 
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dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
serving or designed to reform
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humdrum     Speak
 
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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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incorporate     Speak
 
(11)
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contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
organize anew, as after a setback
combine something into a larger whole; unite
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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mainstay     Speak
 
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decree; authoritative command or order
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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mutation     Speak
 
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change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
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parry     Speak
 
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examine closely and critically
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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pigment     Speak
 
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
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recondite     Speak
 
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queer; amusingly odd; comical
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
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rogue     Speak
 
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n.  
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shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
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solvent     Speak
 
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able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
essential or necessary for completeness; entire
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transpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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usage     Speak
 
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n.  
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the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
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