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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
appoint     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
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attentive     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
distinguished from others in excellence
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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brawl     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
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competing     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
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degrade     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
reduce level; lower grade of something
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
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depress     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
lower in spirits; press down
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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emerge     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
come into prominence; spring up; appear
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
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faithful     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
distinguished from others in excellence
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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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
having many talents; capable of working in many fields
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
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gourmet     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment
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impede     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
breed; emerge from the egg
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
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inhibit     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
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modify     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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keep or confine within limits
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
alter; make partial or minor changes to
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
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omniscient     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having total knowledge; knowing everything
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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pressure     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
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propel     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
compute; determine; estimate
continue; insist; persevere
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
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reliable     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
most outstanding; highest; superior
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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scoff     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
continue; insist; persevere
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
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span     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
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vacant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
capable of arousing and holding the attention
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
in or into a high place; high or higher up
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