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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acumen     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
mental keenness; quickness of perception
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avow     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
pollute; make dirty or spotty
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
give off; send out; give out as sound
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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celibacy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
state of being unmarried; single life
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convulsion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
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deplorable     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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docile     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
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emit     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
regard with respect; favorable regard
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
give off; send out; give out as sound
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equivocal     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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increasing by successive addition
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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flaunt     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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glutton     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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person who eats too much food and drink
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
mental keenness; quickness of perception
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
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incorporate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
combine something into a larger whole; unite
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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irreducible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
pertaining to the universe; vast
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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maternal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
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oblivion     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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slight hint or indication; slight understanding
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
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prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
a journey to a sacred place
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
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reinstate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
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rift     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
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smelt     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
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torrid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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exceedingly or unbelievably great
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
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vitality     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
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