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High School: 9th Grade
alert     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
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assuage     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
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captive     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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inflammation of the lungs
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
a tiny piece of anything
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
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confederate     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
ally; form a group or unite
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
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crafty     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
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diminish     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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provide; bestow a quality on
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
connect or join together; combine
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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emerge     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
engage the services of; put to work; apply
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition
come into prominence; spring up; appear
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export     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
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frail     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
physically weak; easily broken
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
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grumble     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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extend out or project in space; stick out
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
breed; emerge from the egg
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
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horde     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
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logic     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
a widely known person; the state of being well known
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monotonous     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
having total knowledge; knowing everything
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
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offend     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
engage the services of; put to work; apply
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
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prime     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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recount     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
refrain from buying or using
narrate or tell; count over again
breed; emerge from the egg
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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restrict     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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keep or confine within limits
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
compute; determine; estimate
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
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shroud     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
occur at the same time as; correspond
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
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tentative     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
idealistic without regard to practicality
every two years; lasting or living for two years
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
most outstanding; highest; superior
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treacherous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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practical and functional, not just for show
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
without money; poor; penniless
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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