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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
anguish     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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lack of trust or confidence
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
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archetype     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
lack of trust or confidence
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
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ceremony     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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conspicuous     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
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deliberate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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consider; think about carefully; weigh
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
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disproportionate     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
late; delayed; moving slowly
idealistic without regard to practicality
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
impartial; not supporting one side over another
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dual     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
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epidemic     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
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ferocious     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
completely lacking; barren or empty
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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fuss     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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hospitable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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distinguished from others in excellence
disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
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leniency     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
change something into another form; transform
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
someone who has given long service
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massive     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
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penetrate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
achieve or accomplish; gain
leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
come into prominence; spring up; appear
pierce; go through; permeate
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prey     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long irregular strip that is cut or torn off
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
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pursue     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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live in; occupy; reside in
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
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revolve     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
set up or found; build
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smolder     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
make sure or certain; insure; assure
provide; bestow a quality on
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
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synthesis     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
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uneasy     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
most outstanding; highest; superior
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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