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High School: 12th Grade
abate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
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broach     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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collegiate     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
unoriginal; derived from another source
conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
capable of being accomplished or brought about
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demented     Speak
 
(5)
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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dispense     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
restore to good condition; renew
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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droll     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
queer; amusingly odd; comical
consistent with; based on; using reason
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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exacerbate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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frivolous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
simple and healthful and close to nature
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granulate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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incandescent     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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invertebrate     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
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neural     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
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patron     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
act of removing from office or employment
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
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proficient     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
exceedingly or unbelievably great
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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reorganize     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
organize anew, as after a setback
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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rogue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
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stability     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
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torrid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
unoriginal; derived from another source
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
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usage     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
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