DIY Vocabulary Test - High School: 12th Grade

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High School: 12th Grade
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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High School: 12th Grade
allure     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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banal     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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cervical     Speak
 
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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concurrence     Speak
 
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n.  
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the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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defile     Speak
 
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
pay back for some expense incurred
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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designate     Speak
 
(6)
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combine something into a larger whole; unite
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
pay back for some expense incurred
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
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eminent     Speak
 
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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expatriate     Speak
 
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n.  
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condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
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forum     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
an expert who gives advice
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
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guerrilla     Speak
 
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an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
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imperial     Speak
 
(11)
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tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
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linguistics     Speak
 
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n.  
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failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
humanistic study of language and literature
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nefarious     Speak
 
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fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
directly ahead; straightforward
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
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parry     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
adjust again after an initial failure
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progression     Speak
 
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n.  
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surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
god; divinity; supernatural things
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readjust     Speak
 
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
adjust again after an initial failure
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
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revoke     Speak
 
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
examine closely and critically
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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stability     Speak
 
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n.  
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the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
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transcribe     Speak
 
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
copy; write over again in same words
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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usurp     Speak
 
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v.  
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accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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