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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
ally     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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unfortunate accident; bad luck
confederate; partner; collaborator
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
someone who has given long service
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associate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
connect or join together; combine
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captive     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger
clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
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compel     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
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degrade     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
reduce level; lower grade of something
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
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dissolve     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
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enclose     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
include; surround on all sides; close in
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
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estimate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
recover; find and bring in; get back
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
breed; emerge from the egg
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fluent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
careful about money; economical
easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
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fuss     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
a physical attack; onslaught
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
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humble     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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leisurely     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
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obsolete     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
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omniscient     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
having total knowledge; knowing everything
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
impartial; not supporting one side over another
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
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pneumonia     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
inflammation of the lungs
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
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progeny     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
a physical attack; onslaught
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restrain     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
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slacken     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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follow in; go in search of or hunt for
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
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tariff     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
tax on goods coming into a country
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vacant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
easily broken; having little elasticity
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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