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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
affect     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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compute; determine; estimate
consider; think about carefully; weigh
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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attire     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
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capable     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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causing death; leading to failure or disaster
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
having the ability required for a specific task
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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commend     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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set up or found; build
recover; find and bring in; get back
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
reduce level; lower grade of something
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deliberate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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lower in spirits; press down
consider; think about carefully; weigh
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
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document     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
moisten; lessen in force or effect
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
provide written evidence; record in detail
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drowsy     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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practical and functional, not just for show
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
easily broken; having little elasticity
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extreme     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
in or into a high place; high or higher up
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fluctuate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
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guileless     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
free from deceit; sincere; honest
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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hectic     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
having total knowledge; knowing everything
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
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infirmity     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
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mere     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
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offend     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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connect or join together; combine
occur at the same time as; correspond
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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plummet     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
keep or confine within limits
conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
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query     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
a widely known person; the state of being well known
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
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retreat     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
breaking of contract or duty
gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
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sheathe     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
enclose with protective covering; encase; cover up or hide
keep or confine within limits
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tentative     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
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trace     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
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