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 Test Questions
Word Frequency: from 6K to 7K
troublesome     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
furnishing support and encouragement
showing or giving mercy
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fold     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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remove flaws from; perfect or complete
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
part; separate or disunite; disengage
blame; express strong disapproval of
make something double; bend or lay so that one part covers the other
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crash     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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give up a job or position; abandon
be or become joined or united; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
break violently or noisily; smash
keep under control; keep in check
encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of
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ridicule     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
someone in a high position, like in business or government, who makes sure that laws or rules are carried out; administrator
sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of urgent need for action or assistance
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of
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displeasure     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
confederate; partner; collaborator
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foster     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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keep under control; keep in check
be similar to; take after; look like
pierce; go through; permeate
take by theft
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
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shrine     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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case or box, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; sacred place, as altar or tomb
separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
a young unmarried woman
someone who is victorious by force of arms
act of doing or performing again
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inland     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
based on, or involving comparison
characterized by malice
within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior
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prodigious     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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aroused to impatience or anger
discolored; dirty; having a stain
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
protected from danger or bad weather
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spacious     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
wide, generous, or large in area or extent; sizable
based on, or involving comparison
bad; unfortunate
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wrist     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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female equivalent of a count or earl
band or organized company of singers, especially in church service
nonexistence; nothingness; zero
joint between the hand and the forearm
loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; cloak as a symbol of authority; covering; envelop
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sanction     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law
propose a toast to
connect or join together; combine
run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in alarmed or cowardly manner
make public; make known to mankind, or to people in general
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publish     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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be similar to; take after; look like
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
reinforce; make strong or increase the strength of
make public; make known to mankind, or to people in general
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expenditure     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a musical percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands
total amount of money that a government or person spends
a longing for something better than the present situation
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
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passive     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
funny, or making someone laugh
having or showing or requiring special skill
satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of
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frantic     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
marked by new or introducing radical change
involving advantage or good; on the positive side or higher end of a scale
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
capable of arousing and holding the attention
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composure     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit
becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
request for help; excuse or pretext
farm consisting of a large tract of land
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fugitive     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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dividing line that marks the edge or limit of something; border
a person who is running away or hiding from the police
the act of making a list of items
end a marriage; legal dissolution of a marriage
proof; act of showing or making evident
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hypothesis     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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upward slope or grade; movement upward
assumption; theory
uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
the quality of being holy
border; rim; room
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verb     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes
an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
a word used to describe an action
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words into sentences, clauses, and phrases
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