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1
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  • a dark brown drink made from ground coffee beans and boiled water
A

coffee

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  • to form a mental picture of : use the imagination
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imagine

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  • an idea, plan, opinion or picture that is formed in your mind : something that you think of
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thought

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4
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  • able or likely to cause injury
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dangerous

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  • to cross out or strike out with a line
  • to stop doing or planning to do (something) : to decide that something (such as a game, performance, etc.) will not happen
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cancel

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6
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  • a piece of cloth used for drying things
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towel

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7
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  • an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or melting metals)
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furnace

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8
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  • clothes or linens that have been or are to be washed
  • a place where laundering is done
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laundry

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9
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  • to call for as necessary or desirable
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exact

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10
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  • very important and needing immediate attention
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urgent

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  • a special or enjoyable important event, occasion, holiday and etc.
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celebration

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12
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  • a wide street
  • a path or driveway that leads to a house located off a main road
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avenue

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13
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  • a word form used to indicate more than one
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plural

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14
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  • very shocking and upsetting
  • very bad or unpleasant
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terrible

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15
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  • to enclose on all sides
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surround

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16
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  • to press together from the opposite sides of
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squeeze

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17
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  • to put (as a thought) into a person’s mind
  • to propose as an idea or possibility
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suggest

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18
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  • to protect from danger, defend
  • to try to keep (an opponent) from scoring
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guard

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19
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  • something valuable (money, jewels, gold, or silver) that is hidden or kept in a safe place
  • something that is very special, important, or valuable
  • a person who is greatly loved or valued especially because of being very helpful
A

treasure

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20
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  • a unit of weight
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ounce

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21
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  • to get or be given (something)
  • to welcome (someone) in usually a formal way
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receive

22
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  • coming before the final round in a tournament
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semifinal

23
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  • a day of freedom from work and school; especially : a day of celebration or remembrance fixed by law
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holiday

24
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  • to add more light to (something)
  • to make (something) more colorful or cheerful
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brighten

25
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  • one of the great divisions of land (as North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, or Antarctica) on the globe
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continent

26
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  • to give or form a general idea about the value, size, or cost of (something)
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estimate

27
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  • a sea animal that has a soft body and eight long arms
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octopus

28
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  • a product of a special kind
  • something a person specializes in or has special knowledge of
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specialty

29
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  • a large musical instrument with a keyboard that you play by pressing black and white keys and that produces sound when small hammers inside the piano hit steel wires
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piano

30
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  • an ache or pain in the head
  • a difficult or annoying situation or problem
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an ache or pain in the head

: a difficult or annoying situation or problem

31
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  • to look at (something) closely and carefully in order to learn more about it, to find problems, etc.
A

examine

32
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  • a leafy garden plant with a short stem and a dense globular head of usually green leaves that is used as a vegetable
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cabbage

33
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  • a very hard usually colorless stone that is a form of carbon and is used especially in jewelry
  • a shape that is formed by four equal straight lines and that has two opposite angles that are smaller than a right angle and two opposite angles that are larger than a right angle
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diamond

34
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  • very serious or formal in manner, behavior, or expression
  • sad and serious
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solemn

35
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  • an object that is thrown, shot, or launched as a weapon
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missile

36
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  • physical activity that is done in order to become stronger and healthier
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exercise

37
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  • a member of a senate or the Senate
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senator

38
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  • easy to do or understand
  • not complicated
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straightforward

39
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  • the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous
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courage

40
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  • a show of approval or appreciation at a play, speech, sporting event, etc., in which people clap over and over
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applause

41
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  • having qualities of beauty
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beautiful

42
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  • the number of people who live in a place
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population

43
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  • to make (someone or something) stronger, more forceful, more effective, etc.
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strengthen

44
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  • a piece of art that is made by carving or molding clay, stone, metal, etc.
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sculpture

45
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  • a person who has written something; especially : a person who has written a book or who writes many books
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author

46
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  • to discuss an agreement or price in order to make it more appealing
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bargain

47
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  • no longer existing
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extinct

48
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  • very great in size or amount
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enormous

49
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  • a unit of heat used to indicate the amount of energy that foods will produce in the human body
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calories

50
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  • a letter representing a consonant; especially : any letter of the English alphabet except a, e, i, o, and u
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consonant