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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
annihilate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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ardent     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
improperly forward or bold; rude
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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carnivorous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
composed of elements from a variety of sources
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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demolition     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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person who eats too much food and drink
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
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disillusion     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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body excluding head and neck and limbs
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
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dynamic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
energetic; vigorously active
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
pertaining to the universe; vast
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feign     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
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focal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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directly ahead; straightforward
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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hew     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
spread or flow throughout; pervade
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
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induce     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
decide upon and express in words
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linear     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
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medley     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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perspective     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
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recondite     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
not liable to error; always right or accurate
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rogue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
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silhouette     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
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synthetic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
energetic; vigorously active
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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vestige     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
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