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 Test Questions
High School: 10th Grade
affirm     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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help bring about; make less difficult
make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation
put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
offer someone emotional support or encouragement; confirm
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amid     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
being beyond what is required or sufficient
in the middle of; among; surrounded by
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beget     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
destroy completely; scrape or shave off
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
produce; give rise to
get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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chamber     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
a private room, typically a bedroom; compartment; a large room used for formal or public events
an event that happens; the action or fact of happening or occurring
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
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contradiction     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
a new method, idea, product; introduction of something new
assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
specialized knowledge; expert skill
exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
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deluge     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a landowner who leases to others; a person who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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dichotomy     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
container; reservoir; an object or space used to contain something
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
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epitaph     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
a spear with three prongs
seizure by the government
specialized knowledge; expert skill
inscription on tombstone in memory
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flair     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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natural talent or aptitude; a special ability for doing something well
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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ghastly     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
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impersonate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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shrivel; decay; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; loss of moisture
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
mimic; imitate; assume or act the character of represent another person with comic intentions
call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
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lackluster     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
everlasting; continuing without interruption
dull; lacking luster or shine
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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malfunction     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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main office of large organization
the part of the face above the eyes
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
failure; breakdown; faulty or abnormal functioning
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outlast     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
shrivel; decay; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; loss of moisture
outlive; live or last longer than
make rich; richen; improve
leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
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pestilence     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks
lack of consistency; lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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posterity     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
a spear with three prongs
state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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rectitude     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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any epidemic disease with a high death rate
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
small exclusive group of friends or associates
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
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scribble     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
overcome by superior force; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
offer someone emotional support or encouragement; confirm
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stymie     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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make something last; preserve from extinction
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
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ungainly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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skillful; handy; agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance; attractive
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
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