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High School: 12th Grade
acumen     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
mental keenness; quickness of perception
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
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broach     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
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charlatan     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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too many to be counted; numerous
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
rich and superior in quality
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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decorous     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
consistent with; based on; using reason
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
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devastate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
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emboss     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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ensemble     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
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flaunt     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
discuss the terms of an arrangement
to give an account or tell the story of
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
regard with respect; favorable regard
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grandiose     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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too many to be counted; numerous
existing, happening, or done at the same time
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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innumerable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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too many to be counted; numerous
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
simple and healthful and close to nature
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
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invoke     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
complete view in every direction.
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
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narrate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
to give an account or tell the story of
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
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oblivion     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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pregnant     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
directly ahead; straightforward
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
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renounce     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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revert     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
adjust again after an initial failure
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
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sundry     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
directly ahead; straightforward
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
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ultimatum     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
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