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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
abject     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
not liable to error; always right or accurate
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
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appalling     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
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collegiate     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
queer; amusingly odd; comical
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
serving or designed to reform
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culminate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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organize anew, as after a setback
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
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delineate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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displacement     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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over regulated administrative system
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
act of removing from office or employment
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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dupe     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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esteem     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
regard with respect; favorable regard
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
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frontage     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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hackneyed     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
simple and healthful and close to nature
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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infatuate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
scold harshly; criticize severely
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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mainstay     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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minutiae     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
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perspective     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
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proficient     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
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reorganize     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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restore to good condition; renew
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
organize anew, as after a setback
approve formally; confirm; verify
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sally     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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person who eats too much food and drink
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
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stupefy     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
become progressively worse; decline
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
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tolerable     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
existing, happening, or done at the same time
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waif     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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