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High School: 9th Grade
applaud     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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awkward     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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careful about money; economical
difficult to handle or manage
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
thick; crowded closely together; compact
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
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boycott     Speak
 
(3)
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keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
refrain from buying or using
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
reduce level; lower grade of something
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compel     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
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crude     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
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despair     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
any article of clothing, as coat or gown
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
someone who has given long service
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enchant     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
extend out or project in space; stick out
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
connect or join together; combine
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export     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
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felicitous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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physically weak; easily broken
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic
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genuine     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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ignorance     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
lack of knowledge or education
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longitude     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
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loot     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
wetness caused by water
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
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outstanding     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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practical and functional, not just for show
disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
distinguished from others in excellence
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
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poverty     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a tiny piece of anything
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
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protrude     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
enclose with protective covering; encase; cover up or hide
extend out or project in space; stick out
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
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reinforce     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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sinister     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
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stuffy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
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transport     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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