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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
anathema     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease
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blossom     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
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brittle     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
easily broken; having little elasticity
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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console     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
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cordial     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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despair     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a tiny piece of anything
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
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efficient     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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exterminate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
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fiber     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
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garment     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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any article of clothing, as coat or gown
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
consent; approval to do something
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indomitable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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low or inferior in station or quality; modest
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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lash     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
guarantee; assurance by seller; authorization or certification
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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mishap     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
unfortunate accident; bad luck
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ozone     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
change something into another form; transform
act that violates of the rules of a sport
formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
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pesky     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
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protrude     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
extend out or project in space; stick out
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
come into prominence; spring up; appear
engage the services of; put to work; apply
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revolve     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
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scurry     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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occur at the same time as; correspond
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
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stench     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
a widely known person; the state of being well known
strong, foul odor; stink; foul quality; offensive odor
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
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toxic     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to healing art
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
thick; crowded closely together; compact
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