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Middle School: 8th Grade
abandon     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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stop a fire or a light burning; stop or get rid of an idea or feeling
accept that you will reduce your demands to reach an agreement with someone
make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute
integrate; make into or become one unit
leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever
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ancestor     Speak
 
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n.  
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small planet; one of many large rocks that circle the sun
marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words into sentences, clauses, and phrases
a type of mathematics that deals with the relationship between the angles and sides of triangles
a person related to you who lived a long time ago; forefather, forerunner, or predecessor
a group of stars in the sky that appear to form a pattern and that have a name
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bacteria     Speak
 
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n.  
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very small organisms that are found everywhere and are the cause of many diseases
place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, radio, and tv
a thousand billion
quality or condition of being generous; quality of being noble
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brochure     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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small book usually having paper cover; pamphlet
activity of communicating; conveying information, like message, letter, or announcement
science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
faculty of mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
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compliment     Speak
 
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n.  
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copying the actions of someone else; emulation
a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect; praise
earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; predicting what the weather will be
a large building in which sports or entertainments take place
a person who is the head of an administrative department of government
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correlation     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the tv
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
mutual relationship; a connection between two or more facts
corresponding exactly
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dehydrate     Speak
 
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v.  
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be in action or have an effect
register formally as a participant; engage for military service; enlist
have doubts about; distrust
deny the truth of a statement, especially by asserting the opposite; confront
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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distinct     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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side by side and having the same distance continuously between them
movable or not fixed; moving or walking around freely
unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm
clearly noticeable; that certainly exists
of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended
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exempt     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of
being in public eye; obvious to the eye
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
not subject to duty or obligation; with special permission not to do or pay something
highest in rank, authority, importance, or degree
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generosity     Speak
 
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n.  
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token of remembrance; something you buy or keep to help remember a holiday or special event
either of the two times of a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
a mountain with a large, circular hole at the top through which lava, gases, and dust are or have been forced out
quality or condition of being generous; quality of being noble
an electric oven that uses waves of energy to cook or heat food quickly
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indecision     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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state of being unable to make a choice; a lack of firmness of character or purpose
someone in a high position, like in business or government, who makes sure that laws or rules are carried out; administrator
treatment for illness or injury
a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go
writing that is about real events and facts
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literal     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
able to live both on land and in water
spoken and unwritten; relating to the mouth
having three parts of the same type, or happening three times
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meringue     Speak
 
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n.  
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loss of the ability to move a body part
sweet topping, especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape
a substance that is used to prevent or hide unpleasant smells, like those of the body
shortening something by omitting parts of it
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misdemeanor     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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representation, like a picture, that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
someone from whom you are descended, but usually more remote than a grandparent
a sport in which two or four people hit a light object with feathers over a high net
making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment
minor crime; evil conduct; misdeed
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official     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being used again
city center; one who lives in a city center
movable or not fixed; moving or walking around freely
relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities
unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm
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precipitation     Speak
 
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n.  
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action of saying words aloud to be typed or written down
branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and universe as a whole
the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
water that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
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recollection     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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an abrupt remark, made especially as an interruption
very valuable things, usually as precious metals, precious stones, or money
notion founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression; favorable estimation
a memory of something; power of recalling ideas to the mind
curved path an object follows after it is thrown or shot into the air
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secretary     Speak
 
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n.  
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a person who is the head of an administrative department of government
a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug
earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; predicting what the weather will be
treatment for illness or injury
a mountain with a large, circular hole at the top through which lava, gases, and dust are or have been forced out
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stationary     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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fixed or immobile; not capable of being moved
using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
rich and superior in quality; lavish
spoken and unwritten; relating to the mouth
unpleasant or unattractive; not agreeing with tastes or expectations
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tornado     Speak
 
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n.  
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a pale yellow chemical element that exists in various physical forms, it burns with a blue flame and a strong smell
a person related to someone from an earlier generation; offspring
special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
a dangerous storm which is a spinning cone of wind that destroys anything in its path
use of a lot of mental or physical effort; expenditure of much physical work
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