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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
appoint     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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apt     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
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ceremony     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
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classify     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
continue; insist; persevere
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
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demolish     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
consider; think about carefully; weigh
set up or found; build
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
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depress     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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lower in spirits; press down
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
give as gift; present
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
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elaborate     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
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expedition     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
journey organized for a particular purpose
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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focus     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
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glare     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
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ignite     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
hand out; disseminate; allocate
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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leniency     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
entire range; all notes in musical scale
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
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neglect     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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permission     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
wetness caused by water
consent; approval to do something
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
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portable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to nonmilitary life
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
existing or occurring before something else
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
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quest     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
act of searching for something
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ruin     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
provide written evidence; record in detail
blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
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slight     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
confederate; partner; collaborator
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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span     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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volume; something contained; material, including text and images
a widely known person; the state of being well known
king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereign, such as a king or empress
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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utilitarian     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
practical and functional, not just for show
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
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