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High School: 12th Grade
adept     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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over regulated administrative system
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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charisma     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
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confound     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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decorous     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
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disillusion     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
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 freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
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eloquent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
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enthrall     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
place over something else; place on top of
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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frugal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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simple and healthful and close to nature
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
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grotesque     Speak
 
(10)
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dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
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incriminate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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discuss the terms of an arrangement
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
pay back for some expense incurred
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invertebrate     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
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materialize     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
come into being; become reality
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
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obnoxious     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
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rebuke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
scold harshly; criticize severely
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satire     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
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silhouette     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
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transcribe     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
copy; write over again in same words
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
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uncouth     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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