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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
abysmal     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
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bourgeois     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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energetic; vigorously active
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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choreography     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
decree; authoritative command or order
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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cumulative     Speak
 
(4)
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deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
increasing by successive addition
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
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dearth     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
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dissect     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
place over something else; place on top of
adjust again after an initial failure
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eccentric     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
consistent with; based on; using reason
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
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expedite     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
decide upon and express in words
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
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focal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
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glutton     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
person who eats too much food and drink
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imperial     Speak
 
(11)
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full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
increasing by successive addition
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
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ire     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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manor     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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permeate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
spread or flow throughout; pervade
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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pregnant     Speak
 
(15)
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expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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reformatory     Speak
 
(16)
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serving or designed to reform
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
exceedingly or unbelievably great
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revere     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
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simultaneous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
unoriginal; derived from another source
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
existing, happening, or done at the same time
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symmetry     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
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unerring     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
not liable to error; always right or accurate
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
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