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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
run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
recover; find and bring in; get back
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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baffle     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
include; surround on all sides; close in
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
achieve or accomplish; gain
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chant     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
wet through and through; soak; put potion down throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
provide; bestow a quality on
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cherish     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
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crimson     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
free from deceit; sincere; honest
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
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despair     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
improper use or handling; misuse
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
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effective     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
being in low spirits; depressed
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facet     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
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flammable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
thick; crowded closely together; compact
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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hangar     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger
a physical attack; onslaught
fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
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indomitable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
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jeopardy     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
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neutral     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
physically weak; easily broken
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
impartial; not supporting one side over another
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ooze     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
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prime     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
being in low spirits; depressed
difficult to handle or manage
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propel     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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rigid     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
idealistic without regard to practicality
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
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shroud     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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make sure or certain; insure; assure
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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temporary     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
most outstanding; highest; superior
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
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treaty     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
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