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High School: 9th Grade
affection     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
lack of trust or confidence
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
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assist     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
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boycott     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
refrain from buying or using
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
breed; emerge from the egg
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classify     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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pierce; go through; permeate
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
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crude     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
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dismiss     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
find or declare guilty
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
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effective     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
impartial; not supporting one side over another
careful about money; economical
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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eternal     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance
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feeble     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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gradual     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
having many talents; capable of working in many fields
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
without money; poor; penniless
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hostage     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
request for help; excuse or pretext
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
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inflate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
continue; insist; persevere
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
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neglect     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
pierce; go through; permeate
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
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outline     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
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plummet     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
lower in spirits; press down
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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provoke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
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salvage     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
consider; think about carefully; weigh
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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shroud     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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recover; find and bring in; get back
live in; occupy; reside in
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
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symptom     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
guarantee; assurance by seller; authorization or certification
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
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troublesome     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
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