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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
applaud     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
set up or found; build
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
achieve or accomplish; gain
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attire     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
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captive     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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person with discriminating taste in food and wine
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
wetness caused by water
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content     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long irregular strip that is cut or torn off
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
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decipher     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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displace     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
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duplicate     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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lack of trust or confidence
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
lack of knowledge or education
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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expletive     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
field covered with grass; meadow
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
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fluent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
impartial; not supporting one side over another
easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
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guileless     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
free from deceit; sincere; honest
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
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impede     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
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jeopardy     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
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mishap     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
wetness caused by water
request for help; excuse or pretext
unfortunate accident; bad luck
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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ozone     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
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previous     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
physically weak; easily broken
existing or occurring before something else
having the ability required for a specific task
outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
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reconnaissance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
wetness caused by water
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
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repatriate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
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shrivel     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
give as gift; present
set up or found; build
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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tentative     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
free from deceit; sincere; honest
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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unruly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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