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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
apathetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
improperly forward or bold; rude
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
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callow     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
increasing by successive addition
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cater     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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isolate; separate; divide from the main body
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
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contradictory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
differing in some characteristics; various
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
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deft     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
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dialect     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
over regulated administrative system
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
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droll     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
queer; amusingly odd; comical
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
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esteem     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
pay back for some expense incurred
regard with respect; favorable regard
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
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glaze     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
mental keenness; quickness of perception
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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insufferable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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intolerant     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
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medley     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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act of removing from office or employment
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
body excluding head and neck and limbs
person who eats too much food and drink
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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organism     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
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prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
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readjust     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
adjust again after an initial failure
scold harshly; criticize severely
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
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scrutinize     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
examine closely and critically
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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stance     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
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tirade     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
humanistic study of language and literature
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
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waif     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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god; divinity; supernatural things
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
body excluding head and neck and limbs
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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