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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
ailment     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
act that violates of the rules of a sport
capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
sickness; illness; affliction
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awkward     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
difficult to handle or manage
completely lacking; barren or empty
easily broken; having little elasticity
causing death; leading to failure or disaster
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blunt     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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causing death; leading to failure or disaster
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
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conclude     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
set up or found; build
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
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crafty     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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desire     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
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elated     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
having the ability required for a specific task
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exterminate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
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feeble     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
without money; poor; penniless
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
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garment     Speak
 
(10)
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
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
request for help; excuse or pretext
any article of clothing, as coat or gown
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
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hobble     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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lecture     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
a tiny piece of anything
unfortunate accident; bad luck
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public
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modify     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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alter; make partial or minor changes to
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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peninsula     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in competition; winner
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
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pneumonia     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
inflammation of the lungs
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
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protrude     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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be superior; distinguish oneself
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
extend out or project in space; stick out
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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rejoice     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
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sift     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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territory     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
large extent of land; organized portion of country
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength; accomplishment
clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
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troublesome     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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distinguished from others in excellence
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
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