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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
aloft     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
in or into a high place; high or higher up
every two years; lasting or living for two years
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apt     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
easily broken; having little elasticity
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bluster     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
consider; think about carefully; weigh
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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clammy     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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gracious; showing warm and friendliness
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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corrode     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
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drab     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
existing or occurring before something else
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
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ease     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
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estimate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
recover; find and bring in; get back
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
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felicitous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
existing or occurring before something else
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gambol     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
refrain from buying or using
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
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inept     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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lash     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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improper use or handling; misuse
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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morsel     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
tax on goods coming into a country
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
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peninsula     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
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portion     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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reciprocal     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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being in low spirits; depressed
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
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rotate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
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slight     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
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territory     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
large extent of land; organized portion of country
an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength; accomplishment
exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
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upheaval     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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lack of trust or confidence
capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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