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High School: 9th Grade
affect     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
provide; bestow a quality on
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
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biennial     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
every two years; lasting or living for two years
without money; poor; penniless
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
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cannibal     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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in or into a high place; high or higher up
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
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contribute     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
find or declare guilty
provide; bestow a quality on
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
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desire     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength; accomplishment
elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
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enclose     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
recover; find and bring in; get back
include; surround on all sides; close in
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faithful     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
relating to health or the protection of health
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
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firmament     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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improper use or handling; misuse
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
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gradual     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
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hostage     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
any substance used to make soil more fertile
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
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linger     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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lower in spirits; press down
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
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neutral     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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late; delayed; moving slowly
careful about money; economical
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
impartial; not supporting one side over another
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ooze     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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positive     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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proliferate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
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salvage     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
provide; bestow a quality on
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sheathe     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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enclose with protective covering; encase; cover up or hide
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
be superior; distinguish oneself
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
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spasmodic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
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vacant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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low or inferior in station or quality; modest
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
late; delayed; moving slowly
distinguished from others in excellence
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
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