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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acumen     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
mental keenness; quickness of perception
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
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atrocious     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
rich and superior in quality
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
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component     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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element; ingredient; abstract part of something
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
young woman making formal entrance into society
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convulsion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
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deity     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
god; divinity; supernatural things
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
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disgruntle     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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place over something else; place on top of
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
scold harshly; criticize severely
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dote     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
discuss the terms of an arrangement
approve formally; confirm; verify
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ensemble     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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an expert who gives advice
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
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flaunt     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
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hapless     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
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incandescent     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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jargon     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
young woman making formal entrance into society
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
state of being unmarried; single life
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
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necessitate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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organic     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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serving or designed to reform
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
simple and healthful and close to nature
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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expecting the worst possible outcome
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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recondite     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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too many to be counted; numerous
serving or designed to reform
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
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rostrum     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
something that has been in a family for generations
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sediment     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
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transpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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waif     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
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