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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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befall     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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adjust again after an initial failure
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
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compression     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
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culminate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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cynical     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
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disquiet     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
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emboss     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
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feasible     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
capable of being accomplished or brought about
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
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finale     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
concluding part; closing section
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
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illustrious     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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existing, happening, or done at the same time
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
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incriminate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
restore to good condition; renew
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irreducible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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not liable to error; always right or accurate
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
performed with a natural or offhand ease
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
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minutiae     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
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organic     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
simple and healthful and close to nature
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
differing in some characteristics; various
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ravenous     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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improperly forward or bold; rude
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
defending or protecting from disease or infection
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
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rostrum     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
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sediment     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
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theorem     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
concluding part; closing section
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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venerate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
restore to good condition; renew
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