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 Test Questions
High School: 10th Grade
advocate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
overcome by superior force; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
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aspiration     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a hope or ambition of achieving something; the action or process of drawing breath
knightly skill; courtesy towards women
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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azure     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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happy; merry; joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
sky blue; light purplish blue
currently in progress; traveling by foot
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caper     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
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clutch     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
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debris     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
assault; a fierce or destructive attack
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
small leaf; leaf like organ or part
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durable     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief
lasting; able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; hard wearing; enduring
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fanfare     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
order from one having authority; decision, order, or sentence by court
loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
beginning or early stages; offensive against enemy
device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid; utensil for separating; coarse basket
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foreclose     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
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handwriting     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
duplicate copy; analogue; one that closely resembles another
a rounded spherical form; a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
the activity of writing by hand; something written by hand
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indelible     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
lasting; able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; hard wearing; enduring
causing shock or horror; gruesome
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
extremely disturbed from emotion
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invert     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly
block legislation by making long speeches
turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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mimicry     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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natural talent or aptitude; a special ability for doing something well
action of trying at something
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
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outburst     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature
an unrestrained expression of emotion; a sudden intense happening
a spear with three prongs
copy or reproduction of a work of art
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
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pilgrim     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
any of various flies, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; irritating person
a private room, typically a bedroom; compartment; a large room used for formal or public events
calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
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preponderance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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superiority in numbers or amount
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
act of extreme violence or viciousness; offense
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punctilious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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unique; extraordinary; being only one
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
marked by precise accordance with details
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repertoire     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
main office of large organization
list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
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shepherd     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
one who has legal title to something; owner
a spear with three prongs
nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of given name
a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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transition     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; small ornamental piece
going from one state of action to another
act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
small leaf; leaf like organ or part
main office of large organization
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