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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
acumen     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
mental keenness; quickness of perception
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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over regulated administrative system
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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cater     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
pollute; make dirty or spotty
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
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cumulative     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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increasing by successive addition
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
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dearth     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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person who eats too much food and drink
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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dilate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
approve formally; confirm; verify
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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dormant     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
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exuberant     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
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frontage     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
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impeach     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
pay back for some expense incurred
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
organize anew, as after a setback
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indisposed     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
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liquidate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
complete view in every direction.
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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mystical     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
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passive     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
essential or necessary for completeness; entire
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
something that has been in a family for generations
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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renovate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
restore to good condition; renew
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
approve formally; confirm; verify
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revert     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
examine closely and critically
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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stupor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
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synthetic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
differing in some characteristics; various
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
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wanton     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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