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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
adorn     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
give as gift; present
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
refrain from buying or using
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assault     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
act that violates of the rules of a sport
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
a physical attack; onslaught
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celebrity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
moral corruption or contamination; invasion of body which can lead to tissue damage and disease
a widely known person; the state of being well known
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
wetness caused by water
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compel     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
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dainty     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
request for help; excuse or pretext
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
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dismiss     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
be superior; distinguish oneself
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elevate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
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establish     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
set up or found; build
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
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frail     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
physically weak; easily broken
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
free from deceit; sincere; honest
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guileless     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
free from deceit; sincere; honest
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hectic     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
physically weak; easily broken
of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
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leniency     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
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misery     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
ally; form a group or unite
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peninsula     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
guarantee; assurance by seller; authorization or certification
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
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positive     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
of or relating to nonmilitary life
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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pursue     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
extend out or project in space; stick out
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
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retreat     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
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scrumptious     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
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suitable     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
late; delayed; moving slowly
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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troublesome     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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