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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
apathetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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callow     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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defending or protecting from disease or infection
improperly forward or bold; rude
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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cater     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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contradictory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
improperly forward or bold; rude
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
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deft     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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dialect     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
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droll     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
queer; amusingly odd; comical
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
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esteem     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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adjust again after an initial failure
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
regard with respect; favorable regard
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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glaze     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
an epic poem adapted for recitation
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
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insufferable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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pervading; spread throughout every part
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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intolerant     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
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medley     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
an expert who gives advice
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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organism     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
concluding part; closing section
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
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readjust     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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place over something else; place on top of
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
adjust again after an initial failure
decide upon and express in words
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scrutinize     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
discuss the terms of an arrangement
examine closely and critically
regard with respect; favorable regard
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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
an expert who gives advice
district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
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tirade     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
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waif     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
death notice; list of dead
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