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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
adept     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
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candor     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
young woman making formal entrance into society
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clientele     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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combine something into a larger whole; unite
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
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denigrate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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discuss the terms of an arrangement
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
place over something else; place on top of
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disquiet     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
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embryo     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
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equivocation     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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something that has been in a family for generations
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
god; divinity; supernatural things
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
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forthright     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
directly ahead; straightforward
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
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hypocrite     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
young woman making formal entrance into society
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innumerable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
too many to be counted; numerous
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
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intolerable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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queer; amusingly odd; comical
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
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misconception     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
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oblivion     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
concluding part; closing section
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
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qualm     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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long and slender with a very small internal diameter
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
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revert     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
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torso     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
body excluding head and neck and limbs
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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vestige     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
decree; authoritative command or order
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
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