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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
aloft     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
in or into a high place; high or higher up
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
late; delayed; moving slowly
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
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awkward     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
difficult to handle or manage
idealistic without regard to practicality
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capacity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
act of searching for something
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conspicuous     Speak
 
(4)
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noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
late; delayed; moving slowly
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
capable of arousing and holding the attention
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crimson     Speak
 
(5)
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first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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drab     Speak
 
(6)
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most outstanding; highest; superior
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
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
idealistic without regard to practicality
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drought     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
request for help; excuse or pretext
act that violates of the rules of a sport
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
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fascinating     Speak
 
(8)
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thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
capable of arousing and holding the attention
being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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fragrant     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
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gallant     Speak
 
(10)
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
careful about money; economical
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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imperturbable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
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jagged     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to nonmilitary life
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
completely lacking; barren or empty
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obsolete     Speak
 
(13)
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poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
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pasture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
field covered with grass; meadow
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placid     Speak
 
(15)
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of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
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proliferate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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set up or found; build
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
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restrict     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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keep or confine within limits
extend out or project in space; stick out
live in; occupy; reside in
conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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sinister     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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easily broken; having little elasticity
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
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territory     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
large extent of land; organized portion of country
person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
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unscathed     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
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