 
          accent
        
        
          (AK-sent)—an emphasis put on
        
        
          part of a word
        
        
          creative arts
        
        
          (kree-AY-tiv ARTS)—activities
        
        
          in art, dance, drama, music, poetry, or
        
        
          other forms of personal expression
        
        
          cruel
        
        
          (KROOWL)—known to cause pain
        
        
          or suffering
        
        
          estimate
        
        
          (ES-tuh-mayt)—to determine
        
        
          roughly the size, value, or cost of
        
        
          something
        
        
          graduation rate
        
        
          (grad-yoo-AY-shun
        
        
          RAYT)—the number of students in a school
        
        
          who complete all the coursework
        
        
          inspire
        
        
          (in-SPIHR)—to make someone
        
        
          want to do something
        
        
          turntable
        
        
          (TURHN-tay-buhl)—the part of
        
        
          a record player that turns the record
        
        
          
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