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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
affect     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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be superior; distinguish oneself
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
provide written evidence; record in detail
narrate or tell; count over again
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blemish     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
achieve or accomplish; gain
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cease     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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extend out or project in space; stick out
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
late; delayed; moving slowly
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dapper     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
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document     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
provide written evidence; record in detail
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enclose     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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include; surround on all sides; close in
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
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exterminate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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provide written evidence; record in detail
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
achieve or accomplish; gain
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
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fiber     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
act that violates of the rules of a sport
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
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gait     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
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imperturbable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
easily broken; having little elasticity
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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infirmity     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
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misery     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
unfortunate accident; bad luck
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
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peer     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
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placid     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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distinguished from others in excellence
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
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query     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
field covered with grass; meadow
sickness; illness; affliction
prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
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retrieve     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
keep or confine within limits
recover; find and bring in; get back
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smolder     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
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tentative     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
every two years; lasting or living for two years
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
most outstanding; highest; superior
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transfer     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long irregular strip that is cut or torn off
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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