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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
spread or flow throughout; pervade
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auspicious     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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serving or designed to reform
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
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charlatan     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
body excluding head and neck and limbs
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culminate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
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delineate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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diaphragm     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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enhance     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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restore to good condition; renew
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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expedite     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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fidelity     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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guerrilla     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
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incision     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
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jargon     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
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manor     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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state of being unmarried; single life
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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pensive     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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defending or protecting from disease or infection
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
consistent with; based on; using reason
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prestige     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
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radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
place over something else; place on top of
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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saturate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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spontaneous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
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torrid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
consistent with; based on; using reason
increasing by successive addition
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vex     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
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