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 Test Questions
High School: 10th Grade
abrasive     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
rubbing away; tending to grind down
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ascertain     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
block legislation by making long speeches
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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azure     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
sky blue; light purplish blue
lasting; able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; hard wearing; enduring
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
easily deceived or cheated; easily tricked because of being too trusting
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brazen     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
easily approachable; warmly friendly
cast out; degraded; excluded from a society
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consensus     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
level or rank in an organization, profession, or society; formation of troops, ships
act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of law; attacking or assaulting
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debonair     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
open to view; not secret or hidden
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
profitable; producing good profit
greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
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eclipse     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
violate with violence, especially to sacred place
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expertise     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
specialized knowledge; expert skill
compression; the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid
formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university
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fend     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret
explode; burst out; become violently active
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
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graze     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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block legislation by making long speeches
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
become aware of through the senses; detect
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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hypochondriac     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
an event that happens; the action or fact of happening or occurring
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
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inscribe     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
write or engrave; mark down as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
pack; force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space
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lucrative     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
madly excited; in state of hurry, panic or wild activity
profitable; producing good profit
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oasis     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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rough, disorderly person; boisterous person
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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overpower     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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overcome by superior force; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
destroy completely; scrape or shave off
turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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proprietor     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
specialized knowledge; expert skill
one who has legal title to something; owner
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
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rally     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly
hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
trade goods or services without the exchange of money
call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
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savant     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
superiority in numbers or amount
a rounded spherical form; a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
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taciturn     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
lacking discretion; injudicious
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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ungainly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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preceding in the order of time; former; previous
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
extreme anger; raging; full of activity; energetic or rapid
extremely disturbed from emotion
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