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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
aloft     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
in or into a high place; high or higher up
difficult to handle or manage
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assemble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
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boycott     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
refrain from buying or using
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
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conceal     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
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crude     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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careful about money; economical
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
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drab     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
in or into a high place; high or higher up
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
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emerge     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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follow in; go in search of or hunt for
give as gift; present
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
come into prominence; spring up; appear
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exterminate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
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fluctuate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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fuss     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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moral corruption or contamination; invasion of body which can lead to tissue damage and disease
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
any article of clothing, as coat or gown
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
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ignorance     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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lack of knowledge or education
large extent of land; organized portion of country
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
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infirmity     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
improper use or handling; misuse
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
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mere     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
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outmoded     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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prey     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
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query     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
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rejoice     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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shrivel     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
occur at the same time as; correspond
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
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territory     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
confederate; partner; collaborator
large extent of land; organized portion of country
dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
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unscathed     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
of or relating to nonmilitary life
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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