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High School: 9th Grade
anathema     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
provide written evidence; record in detail
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captive     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
act that violates of the rules of a sport
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
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cherish     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
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decipher     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
occur at the same time as; correspond
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
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displace     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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breed; emerge from the egg
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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elevate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
set up or found; build
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famine     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
confederate; partner; collaborator
shortage of food; starvation
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
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focus     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
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hatch     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
moisten; lessen in force or effect
breed; emerge from the egg
come into prominence; spring up; appear
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hobble     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
compute; determine; estimate
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
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leisurely     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to healing art
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
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marine     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
causing death; leading to failure or disaster
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omniscient     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having total knowledge; knowing everything
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
completely lacking; barren or empty
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
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portable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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raillery     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
lack of knowledge or education
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
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rejoice     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
compute; determine; estimate
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
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scoff     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
find or declare guilty
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
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tardy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
late; delayed; moving slowly
careful about money; economical
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transfer     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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someone who has given long service
act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
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