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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
annihilate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
adjust again after an initial failure
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
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ardent     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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carnivorous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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demolition     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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disillusion     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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long and slender with a very small internal diameter
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
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dynamic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
energetic; vigorously active
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feign     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
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focal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
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hew     Speak
 
(10)
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cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
become progressively worse; decline
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
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induce     Speak
 
(11)
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regard with respect; favorable regard
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
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linear     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
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medley     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
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perspective     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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recondite     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
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rogue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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silhouette     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
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synthetic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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inoffensive expression of fat; stout
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
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vestige     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
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