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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
affect     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
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associate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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lower in spirits; press down
connect or join together; combine
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
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ceremony     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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tax on goods coming into a country
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
wetness caused by water
violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
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consist     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
reduce level; lower grade of something
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
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crisis     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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entire range; all notes in musical scale
dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
shortage of food; starvation
practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
request for help; excuse or pretext
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distress     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
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drought     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
a widely known person; the state of being well known
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength; accomplishment
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expanse     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
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fraudulent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
completely lacking; barren or empty
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
physically weak; easily broken
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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glamour     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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person with discriminating taste in food and wine
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
weapon, consisting of long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with small flag
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huddle     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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achieve or accomplish; gain
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
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jeopardy     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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consent; approval to do something
one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
release of property or person in return for payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
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marine     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
causing death; leading to failure or disaster
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
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outline     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a widely known person; the state of being well known
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
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portable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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mobile; easily or conveniently transported
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
being in low spirits; depressed
of or relating to nonmilitary life
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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rampant     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
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remorse     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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tax on goods coming into a country
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
any substance used to make soil more fertile
enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
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shabby     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
relating to health or the protection of health
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
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strategy     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
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transport     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
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