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 Test Questions
Middle School: 6th Grade
aghast     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
capable of being changed back to what it was before
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argue     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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understand a situation, sometimes suddenly
be, or be real
interpret in the wrong way
invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow an opinion; debate
state clearly; make known formally or officially
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bookshelf     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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an act of selecting or making a decision
injury to body tissues, esp. the fingers and toes, caused by freezing
a garden plant grown for its compact edible head of usually white undeveloped flowers
a shelf on which to keep books
a sweet food similar to ice cream, but made mostly with fruit and only a little milk
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caramel     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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sharp, shrill outcry or scream; wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like
sugar or syrup heated until it turns brown, used as a flavoring or coloring for food
snow pressed into a ball for throwing playfully
a female human offspring
transparent screen, as of glass, to protect occupants of a vehicle
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chronological     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty
arranged in order of time of occurrence
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
belonging or connected to a country that is not your own
able to feel or perceive; perceivable; showing reason or sound judgment
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crescent     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a bird with a round body and a short tail that is sometimes hunted for food or for sport
injury to body tissues, esp. the fingers and toes, caused by freezing
upward slope or grade; movement upward
the curved sickle shape of the moon
a small soft red fruit, or the bush on which it grows
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diamond     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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the side of a hill or mountain
land densely overgrown with tropical trees and plants
a cord on which clothes are hung to dry
a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon
someone who leads the cheers at a sporting event
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drawbridge     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a shop where books are sold
a whitish area caused by a fungus, usually if the conditions are warm and wet
a bridge that can be raised to block passage, in order to allow boats to pass beneath it
public transport that consists of a bus, train, or airplane that run between two points
jurisdiction; power to enforce laws
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fireplace     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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public transport that consists of a bus, train, or airplane that run between two points
a person or firm that employs workers
vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage
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globe     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
house or shed built for temporary occupation
a magnifier of images of distant objects
long thick hair growing from the neck or around face of animal, like horse or lion
body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth
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interception     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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action of stopping and catching something to prevent it from proceeding
a bad person who harms others or breaks the law; someone who does evil deliberately
an animal that lives in the sea and has a long body with a hard shell, two large claws, and eight legs
a small compact portable computer
a substance that can make people or animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it
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midweek     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a flying insect, often black and yellow, that can sting
a shop where books are sold
a small soft red fruit, or the bush on which it grows
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
the work of cleaning and running a house
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museum     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a straight thin shaft sharpened at the front with feathers the back
jewelry consisting of a cord or chain, often bearing gems, worn about the neck
the spirit of a dead person
vet, a person with a medical degree trained to take care of the health of animals
a place for collecting and displaying objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value
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passport     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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legal document identifying the bearer as citizen of a country to travel abroad
struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
tenant; a person who lives or works in a room or building
act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
a device for protection against the rain or sun for a person
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prejudice     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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long thick hair growing from the neck or around face of animal, like horse or lion
an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling; leaning toward one side of a question
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
snow pressed into a ball for throwing playfully
a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
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reversible     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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at half the distance; half the distance between two places
capable of being changed back to what it was before
worried and anxious
not be able to do something
moved, operated, or effected by liquid, like water or oil
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share     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat; hunger, deprive of food
have or use something at the same time as someone else
penetrate; make a hole into
be unfaithful; deliver to an enemy by treachery
cause to die by being unable to breathe underwater
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skinny     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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ridiculously unreasonable; foolish
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
full of joy; very happy
not clear to the mind
being very thin, fitting snugly
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stumble     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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release, undo the buckle of
miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily
adapt; regulate
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
make use of, sometimes unjustly
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tomb     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a place for the burial of a corpse, especially beneath the ground
electronic systems used in transmitting messages
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
name written in own handwriting
automobile; a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, to transport people or goods on land
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