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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
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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banal     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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charlatan     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
mental keenness; quickness of perception
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
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concurrence     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
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delve     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
discuss the terms of an arrangement
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
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diverse     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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differing in some characteristics; various
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
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eloquent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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equivocation     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
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fidelity     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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highest point; vertex; summit; climax
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
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impeach     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
give off; send out; give out as sound
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
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indisposed     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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liberalism     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
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narrate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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restore to good condition; renew
regard with respect; favorable regard
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
to give an account or tell the story of
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panorama     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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complete view in every direction.
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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progression     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
death notice; list of dead
an expert who gives advice
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
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reinstate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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revert     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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place over something else; place on top of
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
copy; write over again in same words
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stability     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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over regulated administrative system
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
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tout     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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unkempt     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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