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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
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bourgeois     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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cervical     Speak
 
(3)
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deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
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covert     Speak
 
(4)
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having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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denigrate     Speak
 
(5)
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blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
combine something into a larger whole; unite
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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dispensary     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
list, especially of names
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
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eloquent     Speak
 
(7)
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
pervading; spread throughout every part
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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feasible     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
capable of being accomplished or brought about
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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furtive     Speak
 
(9)
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artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
unoriginal; derived from another source
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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inevitable     Speak
 
(11)
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decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
having a good reputation; honorable
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
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invincible     Speak
 
(12)
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simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
directly ahead; straightforward
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materialize     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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scold harshly; criticize severely
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
come into being; become reality
place over something else; place on top of
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
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obscene     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
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plebeian     Speak
 
(15)
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crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
consistent with; based on; using reason
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recondite     Speak
 
(16)
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sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
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rift     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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synthetic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
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wistful     Speak
 
(20)
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secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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