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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
abate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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appalling     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
performed with a natural or offhand ease
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
simple and healthful and close to nature
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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collegiate     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
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cumulative     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
increasing by successive addition
directly ahead; straightforward
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demented     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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disreputable     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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queer; amusingly odd; comical
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
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emancipate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
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facetious     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
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finesse     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
god; divinity; supernatural things
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
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guerrilla     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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impregnate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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to give an account or tell the story of
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
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liberalism     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
humanistic study of language and literature
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
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neural     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
pertaining to the universe; vast
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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opulent     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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rich and superior in quality
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
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ravish     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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decide upon and express in words
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
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repudiate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
pay back for some expense incurred
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
spread or flow throughout; pervade
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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skirmish     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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sundry     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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volatile     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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too many to be counted; numerous
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
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