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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
abrupt     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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without money; poor; penniless
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
most outstanding; highest; superior
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
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archetype     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
release of property or person in return for payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
confederate; partner; collaborator
act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
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bonus     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
lack of knowledge or education
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cherish     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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find or declare guilty
consider; think about carefully; weigh
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
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contribute     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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provide; bestow a quality on
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
compute; determine; estimate
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desire     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
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elevate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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engross     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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fiber     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
confederate; partner; collaborator
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
large extent of land; organized portion of country
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
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gambol     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
achieve or accomplish; gain
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
continue; insist; persevere
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
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hectic     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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leisurely     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
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morsel     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
lack of knowledge or education
ally; form a group or unite
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
any substance used to make soil more fertile
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pasture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
field covered with grass; meadow
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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portion     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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breaking of contract or duty
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
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reconciliation     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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field covered with grass; meadow
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
lack of knowledge or education
someone who has given long service
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retreat     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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guarantee; assurance by seller; authorization or certification
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
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sincere     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
without money; poor; penniless
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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synthesis     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in competition; winner
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
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utilitarian     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance
disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
practical and functional, not just for show
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