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High School: 12th Grade
affectation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
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bogus     Speak
 
(2)
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relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
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carnivorous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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convulsion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
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debutante     Speak
 
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n.  
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
young woman making formal entrance into society
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deteriorate     Speak
 
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v.  
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soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
become progressively worse; decline
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
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droll     Speak
 
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vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
queer; amusingly odd; comical
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equilibrium     Speak
 
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n.  
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an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
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forum     Speak
 
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willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
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hackneyed     Speak
 
(10)
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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infernal     Speak
 
(11)
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pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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mainstay     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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body excluding head and neck and limbs
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
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manor     Speak
 
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n.  
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preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
act of removing from office or employment
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
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parry     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
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phenomenal     Speak
 
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quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
exceedingly or unbelievably great
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reinstate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
regard with respect; favorable regard
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
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saturate     Speak
 
(17)
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inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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skeptical     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
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tier     Speak
 
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n.  
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
mental keenness; quickness of perception
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
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vilify     Speak
 
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v.  
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
copy; write over again in same words
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
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