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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
alter     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
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assuage     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
recover; find and bring in; get back
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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cargo     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
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cherish     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
achieve or accomplish; gain
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
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deadly     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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free from deceit; sincere; honest
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
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displace     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
set up or found; build
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dual     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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practical and functional, not just for show
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
causing death; leading to failure or disaster
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
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engulf     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
consider; think about carefully; weigh
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
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fracas     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
shortage of food; starvation
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
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glare     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
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impede     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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continue; insist; persevere
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
be superior; distinguish oneself
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landslide     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
breaking of contract or duty
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
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oblivious     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
every two years; lasting or living for two years
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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ooze     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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provide written evidence; record in detail
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
consider; think about carefully; weigh
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pesky     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
every two years; lasting or living for two years
pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
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qualify     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
occur at the same time as; correspond
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
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repatriate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
live in; occupy; reside in
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
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scoff     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
include; surround on all sides; close in
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
continue; insist; persevere
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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supervisor     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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uneasy     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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low or inferior in station or quality; modest
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic
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