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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
ally     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
confederate; partner; collaborator
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
achieve or accomplish; gain
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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capable     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
having the ability required for a specific task
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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confederate     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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ally; form a group or unite
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
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crude     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
having the ability required for a specific task
difficult to handle or manage
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
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digest     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
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dwell     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
find or declare guilty
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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excel     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
be superior; distinguish oneself
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
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foul     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
act that violates of the rules of a sport
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
large extent of land; organized portion of country
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gamut     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
field covered with grass; meadow
entire range; all notes in musical scale
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
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impede     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
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infirmity     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
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neutral     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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having many talents; capable of working in many fields
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
impartial; not supporting one side over another
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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offend     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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keep or confine within limits
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
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pneumonia     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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inflammation of the lungs
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger
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provoke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
achieve or accomplish; gain
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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render     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
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sift     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
hand out; disseminate; allocate
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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stern     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
difficult to handle or manage
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
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unscathed     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
difficult to handle or manage
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