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 Test Questions
High School: 11th Grade
affability     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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investigation; search for knowledge
cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
a disposition to be friendly and approachable, easy to talk to
a garment worn under other garments
science that deals with mental processes and behavior
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anonymous     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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smaller than normal for its kind
expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling
having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
offensive to the mind; unequivocally detestable
in a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously; cautiously; carefully
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belated     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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in a comically or distorted manner
having been delayed; done or sent too late
very foolish; rash; ill judged
without question and beyond doubt
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
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characteristic     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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composition; plans or preparations for a future event
the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary, usually midway in the menstrual cycle
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
state of being unable to pay your debts
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contraband     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
feeling of being bored by something tedious
capability of existing or happening or being true; a future prospect or potential
determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
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culpable     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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showing firm determination or purpose; with firmness
belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
assiduous; industrious; hard working
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
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dire     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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useless; having no useful result; vain
transferable to another owner; able to be transferred to new ownership
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; causing fear or dread or terror
comparable in certain respects; similar or alike
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electrify     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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excite suddenly and intensely; charge a conductor with electricity; equip for use with electricity
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass
contradict; give a false impression
live longer than; survive or last beyond
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fraught     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation; of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
in a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously; cautiously; carefully
indefensible; not able to be maintained
furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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havoc     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
close attention; work of applying something; verbal or written request for assistance
process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
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inviolable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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without question and beyond doubt
secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
characterized by intense emotion; like or suggestive of fire; very intense
in a permissively lenient manner
having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
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lifetime     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
the theory and practice of navigation through air or space
flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
the period during which something is functional, as between birth and death
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odor     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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one who makes great sacrifices or suffers to further belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
someone who writes plays
scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell
a series of actions that are done by the police in order to catch criminals
cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
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overweight     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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someone who gossips indiscreetly
ban on commerce or other activity
the property of excessive fatness
a final climactic stage; the decisive moment in a novel or play; a concluding action
intense feeling of love; feelings of great warmth and intensity
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powerless     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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hard to find; absent or rare; limited
worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
lacking power; without ability, influence, or power
comparable in certain respects; similar or alike
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relic     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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someone who gossips indiscreetly
ability to learn and reason; ability to think abstractly or profoundly
repetition of beginning sound in poetry
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
one of a class of agricultural laborers; a country person
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sleuth     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
come before in order or position; go in front or ahead of
delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
supplement with great effort; add to; augment
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
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stupendous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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continuing through life; lasting or remaining in a particular state throughout life
in a comically or distorted manner
positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
feeling dedication and loyalty to a cause, activity, or job; devoted
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
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tendency     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
one of a class of agricultural laborers; a country person
a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence; mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
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undaunted     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual
disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
now and then; from time to time; infrequently; irregularly
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
unshaken in purpose; resolutely courageous
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