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 Test Questions
High School: 10th Grade
abrasion     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
the process of scraping or wearing away; scratch; friction
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
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appliance     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
an unrestrained expression of emotion; a sudden intense happening
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banish     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly
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burly     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
husky; muscular and heavily built
messy and dirty; careless and excessively casual
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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commiserate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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block legislation by making long speeches
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
feel or express pity or sympathy for
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derive     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
raise in rank or dignity; praise
deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude
obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of
hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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detest     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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explode; burst out; become violently active
express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
pay attention to; listen to and consider
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famished     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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characterized by unrest or disorder
causing shock or horror; gruesome
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink
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foreclose     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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carry from one place to another; bear or transport
reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
bring in from another country
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humanity     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
small exclusive group of friends or associates
attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
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import     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
bring in from another country
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
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insight     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
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minority     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of given name
being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
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outcry     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
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pedestal     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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assault; a fierce or destructive attack
lack of consistency; lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
any of various flies, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; irritating person
architectural support or base, as for a column or statue; support or foundation
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precarious     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief
prejudiced; affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin; yellow or yellowish
horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large
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redundant     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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in the middle of; among; surrounded by
high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
rubbing away; tending to grind down
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
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rowdy     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
rough, disorderly person; boisterous person
copy or reproduction of a work of art
the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates; axis; center
a confidential or secret meeting
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spurn     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
astonish; surprise greatly; affect with wonder
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
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variegated     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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injured by freezing or partial freezing
abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
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