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bouquet

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  • an attractively arranged bunch of flowers
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glider

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  • a type of airplane that flies without an engine (uses only wind currents)
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bud

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  • noun: a sprout or shoot of a plant
  • verb: to grow, sprout
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tournament

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  • a competition or contest
  • a championship (a series of contests to decide the ultimate winner)
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fierce

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  • ferocious
  • vicious
  • aggressive
  • wild
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demolish

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  • to knock down or tear down
  • destroy
  • ruin
  • wreck
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construct

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  • to build
  • to erect
  • to assemble
  • to put together
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concealed

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  • hidden
  • secret
  • not visible
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disclosed

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  • revealed
  • shown
  • uncovered
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progressive

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  • happening in stages or step by step
  • ongoing
  • continuously
  • “the man’s heart disease progressively worsened”
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demanding

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  • difficult or challenging
  • requiring a lot of skill or effort
  • “becoming a Tae Kwon Do expert is demanding and takes a lot of practice”
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neutral

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  • fair
  • impartial
  • balanced
  • unbiased / not biased
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ecological

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  • related to ecosystems or organisms living in an ecosystem
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insufficient

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  • not enough
  • inadequate
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adequate

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  • sufficient
  • enough
  • appropriate or acceptable
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yearn

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  • to have an intense desire for something
  • strong longing for something
  • to desire, to wish, to want
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loathe

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  • hate
  • detest
  • feel intense dislike or disgust for something
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decline

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  • to decrease or reduce
  • to lessen
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suspect

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  • to have an idea or impression of something
  • “I suspected that daddy ate the cookies”
  • “I suspect that there is a gas leak because of the smell in the air”
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visualize

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  • to form a mental picture of something
  • to imagine
  • to envisage
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fascinating

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  • very interesting
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exhausting

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  • very tiring
  • or very fatiguing
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standard

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  • typical, usual, or normal (“it was pretty standard to get a report card at the end of each quarter”)
  • an expectation (“he had very high standards for his teammates”)
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average

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  • the mean (mathematical)
  • normal, ordinary
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dismal

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  • dim or gloomy
  • bad, awful, terrible (“the team performed dismally in the game”)
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cavernous

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  • vast
  • huge
  • immense
  • spacious
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miniscule

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  • tiny, microscopic, micro
  • little or minute
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enclosed

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  • closed off on all sides
  • surrounded
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patriotic

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  • having love or support for one’s country or nation
  • nationalistic
  • loyalty to your country
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monumental

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  • of great importance
  • great
  • huge
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contemporary

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  • from the same time as the present time
  • concurrent with the present time
  • synchronous
  • present-day or current
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prehistoric

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  • ancient
  • old
  • primitive
  • the time before written records or documents
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ancient

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  • old
  • from the distant past
  • bygone
  • medieval
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Classical

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  • related to ancient Greek or Latin literature or art
  • traditional or serious
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unethical

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  • not right
  • not morally correct
  • wrong or incorrect
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genuine

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  • real or true
  • sincere or honest
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direct

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  • straight, unswerving
  • head-on
  • face-to-face
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adversary

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  • enemy or opponent
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ally

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  • friend or teammate
  • supporter
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eternal

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  • infinite, endless
  • everlasting
  • never ending
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interim

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  • in the meantime
  • meanwhile
  • “I made a wish and in the interim I am keeping my fingers crossed that it comes true”
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obvious

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  • clear
  • self-evident
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presidential

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  • related to the president
  • confident or dignified
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scarce

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  • rare or uncommon
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damp

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  • moist or wet or soggy
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humid

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  • steamy or muggy
  • uncomfortably hot
  • “it was a hot and humid day”
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submerge

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  • to place under water
  • to flood
  • to sink or conceal or hide
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predict

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  • to foretell the future
  • to hypothesize
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considerable

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  • notably large in size
  • significant
  • “after he exercised so much, his muscles were considerably stronger than before”
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cavern

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  • a cave
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carriage

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  • wagon or four-wheeled vehicle (pulled by a horse or other animal)
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trio

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  • group of three
  • triad
  • trinity
  • triumvirate
  • troika
  • triplets
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pair

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  • noun: a couple or duo or a double or twins
  • verb: to put together or join or to couple
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bonnet

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  • a woman’s or child’s hat
  • a kind of cap or hat
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preoccupied

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  • distracted
  • obsessed
  • deep in thought
  • “I asked her my question several times, but she did not answer and seemed pre-occupied with something else”
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detached

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  • separate or disconnected
  • disinterested
  • aloof
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variation

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  • a difference or change
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standardization

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  • the process of making something meet up to a standard or expectation
  • all car tires have to meet the standard of being round
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lapse

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  • a failure or shortcoming
  • a mistake
  • (“she had a lapse in judgement when she stole the item from the store”)
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surge

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  • to gush or flow
  • to rush or move forward fast
  • a huge burst forward
  • “the army surged into the enemy’s countery”
  • “or the water surged past the banks of the river”
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nutrient

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  • a substance that provides nourishment to the body or helps it grow
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reimburse

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  • to pay back or repay
  • to refund
  • to compensate
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hectic

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  • frantic
  • chaotic
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exclusive

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  • special or elite
  • available only to a few
  • “the exlusive soccer team only accepted the best players”
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ration

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  • to allow only a limited amount of something (“during the pandemic, supplies were rationed very carefully because they were limited”)
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endure

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  • to survive or live through
  • to last
  • “he endured the long hot hike through the desert”
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abstract

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  • an idea or thought or concept
  • theoretical, not practical
  • complex or symbolic
  • hard to understand
  • general, not specific
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descendant

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  • a person who comes from a particular ancestor (“kids are the descendents of their parents and grandparents”)
  • someone related to a person or group that lived at an earlier time
  • a thing that comes from something that existed at an earlier time
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forefather

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  • an ancestor or progenitor
  • someone that came before you in your family or group
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consultant

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  • an advisor or guide
  • an expert or pro
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vacant

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  • empty
  • unoccupied
  • unfilled
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remote

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  • faraway
  • distant
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adjacent

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  • near to or neighboring
  • abutting or close to
  • next to
  • nearby
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inaccessible

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  • unreachable
  • isolated
  • not accsessible
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forbid

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  • to prevent or disallow
  • to prohibit
  • “he was forbidden from watching TV”
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equate

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  • to consider one thing as equal to another
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consent

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  • agreement or persmission
  • “he consented to letting his friend borrow his toy”
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burden

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  • a heavy load or responsibility
  • onus
  • “he had the burden of doing all of the laundry for 10 familes in 2 hours!”
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sequel

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  • a continuation of a story (i.e. Minions 2 and 3 were sequels to Minions 1)
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campaign

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  • an organized set of actions to achieve a goal
  • a push or effort
  • “Joe Biden campaigned to become President”
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bibliography

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a list of the books written by a specific author

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trifling

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unimportant or trivial

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peninsula

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  • a piece of land almost fully surrounded by water (only surrounded on 3 sides)
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zoology

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  • the study of animals
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evaluate

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  • to judge or make an assessment of
  • “he was evaluated as a very good worker”
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appraise

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  • to evaluate, to assess, or to judge
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reptile

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  • dry scaly skin
  • lay eggs
  • cold-blooded
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saucepan

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  • a cooking pan
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rein

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  • a strap tied to an animals head used to control which way an animal turns or moves
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chrysalis

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  • where a pupa hibernates
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devestating

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  • highly destructive or damaging
  • ruinous
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amusing

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  • entertaining
  • or interesting
  • funny
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swift

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  • fast or rapid
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yacht

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  • a kind of fancy sailboat or large expensive boat
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cockpit

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  • where the pilot sits in an airplane
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stern

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  • serious
  • strict
  • severe
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birch

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  • a type of tree or wood
  • “birch tree” “birch wood”
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tremble

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  • to shake or shiver
  • to quiver
  • to shake in fear or excitement
  • “he trembled with fear”
  • “he trembled with excitement:
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simplify

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  • to make simpler or easier
  • to make more clear or more undersrtandable
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accelerate

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  • to speed up
  • to quicken
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mumbling

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  • not speaking clearly
  • to be unclear or vague
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regretful

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  • feeling sorry about something you want to back or wish you could change
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suitable

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  • right
  • appropriate
  • or correct
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graceful

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  • elegant
  • stylish
  • showing or having beauty
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moreover

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  • “furthermore”
  • “in addition”
  • not only was he handsome, moreover, he was brilliant
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recover

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  • to get better (in health) (“he recovered after his surgery”)
  • to get something back (“he recovered his lost keys”)
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majority

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  • the greater number
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minority

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  • the lesser number
  • “the minority of students wanted broccoli; the majority wanted ice cream”
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karaoke

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  • singing game where people take turns to sing popular songs into a microphone over prerecorded backing tracks.
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enact

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  • to make something happen
  • to act something out
  • “they re-enacted the events leading up to the moment the boy got hurt”
  • “the president enacted a new law”
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legislate

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  • to make a law
  • legislators are law makers
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overwhelm

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  • to give too much of a thing to someone
  • to inundate
  • feeling overwhelmed means feeling worried or stressed
  • “he was overwhelmed by the amount of work he had to do”
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numerous

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  • many
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abundant

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  • plentious
  • copious
  • ample
  • many
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disadvantaged

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  • being in unfavorable circumstances
  • deprived
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capsized

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  • overturned in the water
  • flipped in the water
  • “the boat was capsized by the wave”
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captivate

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  • to attract attention
  • to charm
  • to entrance
  • “he was captivated by the tae kwon do teacher’s speedy moves”
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swerve

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  • to turn away
  • to deviate
  • “he swerved to avoid the car”
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dormitory

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  • college apartments where students live
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sorrowful

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  • sad
  • grieving
  • depressed
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humble

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  • modest
  • not arrogant
  • respectful
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widespread

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  • common
  • present everywhere
  • “the disesae was widespread in the community”
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imprecise

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  • not accurate
  • vague
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expel

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  • throw out
  • eject
  • to remove from a group as a punishment
  • “the principal expelled the student”
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exile

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  • to banish
  • to ban
  • “he was exiled from the stadium because he broke some laws and was never allowed to come back”
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congregant

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  • member of a church
  • (congregation is a group of churchgoers)
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steeple

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  • a spire on the top of a church tower or roof
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prospect

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  • the liklihood or possibilty of a future event happening
  • “there was so much traffic, there was no prospect of her making the flight on time”
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subjective

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  • based on personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
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anoint

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  • to nominate or choose someone for something
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articulate

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  • to say out loud, to speak
  • adj: someone who speaks very well
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anticipate

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  • look forward to or expect
  • “he anticipated that they would get some rest in the evening”
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wallaby

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  • an Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo
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judo

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  • a martial art (kind of like karate)
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canine

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  • related to dogs
  • when referring to teeth, a type of tooth (other types of teeth = bicuspid, incisor, molar)
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louse

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  • a parasitic insect
  • (other parasitic insects include: worms, flea)
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fedora

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  • a type of hat (berets and turbans are also hats)
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publicize

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  • to announce publically
  • to make widely known
  • to spread the news
  • to broadcast
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suppress

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  • to silence or limit
  • to restrain or to stifle
  • “the evil dictator suppressed the voices of those who disagreed with him”
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ewe

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a female sheep

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mare

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  • a female horse
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hen

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  • a female chicken
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tranquil

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  • peaceful
  • restful
  • calm
  • undisturbed
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serene

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  • still
  • quiet
  • peaceful
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opaque

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  • unclear
  • cloudy
  • muddy or murky
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cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves

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  • all types of spices
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marsupial

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  • mammal, carried in its mother’s pouch
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obese

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  • very fat
  • extremely heavy
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petite

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  • tiny or small or slender
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bellhop

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  • an attendant in a hotel who performs services such as carrying guests’ luggage.
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oppose

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  • to be against something
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primitive

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  • from a very early time
  • or belonging to an early stage of development (not advanced)
  • like a primitive tool: tool from a long time ago that is simple or basic
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vault

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  • a safe or a lockbox (like where you would store something valuable)
  • like the vault that the goblins protect in Gringots Bank in Harry Potter
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marrow

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  • the inside of a bone
  • the cells (bone marrow cells) inside a bone
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provoke

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  • to annoy
  • to agitate
  • to rile up
  • to aggravate
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detest

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  • to hate
  • to loathe
  • to despise
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debate

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  • to argue
  • to disagree about something
  • to dispute or verbally fight over something
  • “they debated who the last piece of candy belonged to”
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graphite

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  • grey cyrstal inside of a pencil that is used to write
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mercury

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  • the element mercury
  • used in thermometers (it rises as the temperature rises)
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rural

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  • farmland
  • countryside
  • not the city
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urban

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  • based in a city
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gale

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  • a very strong wind
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joey

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  • baby kangaroo
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  • fledgling
A
  • a baby bird
  • or, when referring to humans, someone who is new at something
165
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fatigue

A
  • tiredness
  • exhaustion
166
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absurd

A
  • completely foolish
  • unreasonable
  • or untrue
167
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uninspired

A
  • unimaginative
  • uncreative
  • unoriginal
  • boring
  • mundane
168
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sum

A
  • total
  • all added up
169
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slim

A
  • skinny
  • thin
  • slender
  • narrow
170
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discipline

A
  • to train diligently
  • strict training
  • a habit or routine
  • a code or system of behavior
  • someone who is disciplined is very well-trained and follows a routine
  • “the karate master earned her black belt after years of discipline”
171
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escalate

A
  • to incresae rapidly
172
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discount

A
  • a deduction from the usual cost of something (i.e. a sale)
  • to dismiss an idea someone has
  • to diminish the value of something
  • “he discounted her idea for no reason other than he didn’t like her”
173
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retreat

A
  • to go back
  • to turn back
  • to pull back
  • “the army retreated because they were outnumbered by the enemy”
174
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hem

A
  • the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn.
  • like the hem of a skirt
175
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paralegal

A
  • a lawyer’s assistant
176
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professional

A
  • someone who is an expert or really skilled at something
  • someone who belongs to a certain profession like laywers, doctors, dentists, architects, etc.
177
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laborer

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  • a workman
  • womeone who works with their hands or body
178
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critical

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  • very serious or important
  • essential
  • if describing a person, could mean someone who expresses disapproving comments of someone else or something else (“he was critical of the movie, because he did not like it’s plot”)
179
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deficient

A
  • lacking something
  • or defective
  • or inadequate
180
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applaud

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  • to clap, cheer, or root for someone or something
  • “they applauded for their favorite team”
181
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mellow

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  • relaxed, carefree, or chill
  • “he was feeling very mellow lying down in the sun on his picnic blanket”

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