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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
aggregate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
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ardent     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
performed with a natural or offhand ease
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complicity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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young woman making formal entrance into society
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
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credentials     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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dearth     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
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dialect     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
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eloquent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
defending or protecting from disease or infection
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
directly ahead; straightforward
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ensemble     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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formulate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
decide upon and express in words
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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grandiose     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
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inducement     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
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invoke     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
examine closely and critically
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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mystical     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
queer; amusingly odd; comical
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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parry     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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pay back for some expense incurred
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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defending or protecting from disease or infection
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
simple and healthful and close to nature
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remittance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
death notice; list of dead
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
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scrimmage     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
state of being unmarried; single life
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
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skeptical     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
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surreptitious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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vilify     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
place over something else; place on top of
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
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