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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
alter     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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continue; insist; persevere
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
occur at the same time as; correspond
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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attain     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
recover; find and bring in; get back
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
achieve or accomplish; gain
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brittle     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
easily broken; having little elasticity
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
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deadly     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
of or relating to nonmilitary life
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detain     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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refrain from buying or using
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
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elude     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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estimate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
make sure or certain; insure; assure
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
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felicitous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
in great numbers; in a plentiful or sufficient degree; plentifully
without money; poor; penniless
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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glare     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
entire range; all notes in musical scale
a widely known person; the state of being well known
light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
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huddle     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
make sure or certain; insure; assure
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
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linger     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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myth     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
act of searching for something
legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
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oppose     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
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placid     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
easily broken; having little elasticity
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quiver     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
set up or found; build
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rejoice     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
find or declare guilty
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
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shabby     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
easily broken; having little elasticity
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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tentative     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
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tropical     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
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