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High School: 12th Grade
ambience     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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broach     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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celibacy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
state of being unmarried; single life
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
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contradictory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
pervading; spread throughout every part
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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deplorable     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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increasing by successive addition
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
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diaphragm     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
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enhance     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
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equivocal     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
unreachable; not available; unattainable
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furtive     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
expecting the worst possible outcome
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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hapless     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
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incorporate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
combine something into a larger whole; unite
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
become progressively worse; decline
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irony     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
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nefarious     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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differing in some characteristics; various
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
improperly forward or bold; rude
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
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oblivion     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
young woman making formal entrance into society
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pregnant     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
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rebuke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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to give an account or tell the story of
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
combine something into a larger whole; unite
scold harshly; criticize severely
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revoke     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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debase; degrade; spread negative information about
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
state of being unmarried; single life
body excluding head and neck and limbs
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superimpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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place over something else; place on top of
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
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unerring     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not liable to error; always right or accurate
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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