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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
aggregate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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brevity     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
over regulated administrative system
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
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clientele     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
to give an account or tell the story of
scold harshly; criticize severely
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deficient     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
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displacement     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
act of removing from office or employment
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emancipate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
decide upon and express in words
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
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expressive     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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frustrate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
approve formally; confirm; verify
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hysteria     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
list, especially of names
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
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insufferable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
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lateral     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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narcotic     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
decree; authoritative command or order
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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overture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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pinnacle     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
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reformatory     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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serving or designed to reform
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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secluded     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
pertaining to the universe; vast
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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stance     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
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subside     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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vigilant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
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