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High School: 9th Grade
adorn     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
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blossom     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
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brittle     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
completely lacking; barren or empty
easily broken; having little elasticity
engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
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compel     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
engage the services of; put to work; apply
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
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convict     Speak
 
(5)
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deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
find or declare guilty
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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drab     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
easily broken; having little elasticity
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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enchant     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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give as gift; present
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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fare     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger
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fragrant     Speak
 
(9)
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance
completely lacking; barren or empty
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
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gamut     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
any article of clothing, as coat or gown
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
entire range; all notes in musical scale
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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indomitable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to healing art
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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linger     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
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obsolete     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
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outline     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
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prime     Speak
 
(15)
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thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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proliferate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
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rigor     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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skeptic     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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sustain     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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trudge     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
pierce; go through; permeate
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
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