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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acerbic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
rich and superior in quality
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
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bland     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
performed with a natural or offhand ease
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
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charisma     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
over regulated administrative system
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
approve formally; confirm; verify
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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default     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
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deteriorate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
become progressively worse; decline
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
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emancipate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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entreaty     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
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flange     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
a journey to a sacred place
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
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inclusive     Speak
 
(11)
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
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kinetic     Speak
 
(12)
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relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
rich and superior in quality
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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mechanization     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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long and slender with a very small internal diameter
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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pensive     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
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pregnant     Speak
 
(15)
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
performed with a natural or offhand ease
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
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remittance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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residue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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sodden     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
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superlative     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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vigilant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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