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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
come into being; become reality
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
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brandish     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
regard with respect; favorable regard
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complicity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
an epic poem adapted for recitation
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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crucial     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
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debit     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
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diverse     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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defending or protecting from disease or infection
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
differing in some characteristics; various
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elongate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
scold harshly; criticize severely
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enthrall     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
give off; send out; give out as sound
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
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glaze     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
an epic poem adapted for recitation
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
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humiliate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
regard with respect; favorable regard
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inert     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
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ire     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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death notice; list of dead
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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nucleus     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
body excluding head and neck and limbs
impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
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panorama     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
complete view in every direction.
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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pregnant     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
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quandary     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
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sear     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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sediment     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
state of being unmarried; single life
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
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tout     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
copy; write over again in same words
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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uncouth     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
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