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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
alert     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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confederate; partner; collaborator
human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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baffle     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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cargo     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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person with discriminating taste in food and wine
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
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civilian     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
of or relating to nonmilitary life
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
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cordial     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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having total knowledge; knowing everything
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
careful about money; economical
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differ     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
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endanger     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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set up or found; build
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
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excel     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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be superior; distinguish oneself
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
come into prominence; spring up; appear
breed; emerge from the egg
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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flammable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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without money; poor; penniless
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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gambol     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
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impose     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
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invaluable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
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mistrust     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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lack of trust or confidence
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in competition; winner
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
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particle     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
a tiny piece of anything
improper use or handling; misuse
strong, foul odor; stink; foul quality; offensive odor
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plummet     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
refrain from buying or using
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provoke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
narrate or tell; count over again
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
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reject     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
set up or found; build
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
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solitary     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
relating to health or the protection of health
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
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strategy     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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sickness; illness; affliction
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
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treaty     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
ally; form a group or unite
act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
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