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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
abstruse     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
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bland     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
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celibacy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
state of being unmarried; single life
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
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cosmic     Speak
 
(4)
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displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
pertaining to the universe; vast
energetic; vigorously active
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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deplorable     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
queer; amusingly odd; comical
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diverse     Speak
 
(6)
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
differing in some characteristics; various
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
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duct     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
over regulated administrative system
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
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expedite     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
copy; write over again in same words
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
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focal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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defending or protecting from disease or infection
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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granulate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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inkling     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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act of removing from office or employment
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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linguistics     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
humanistic study of language and literature
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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neural     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
directly ahead; straightforward
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parse     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
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readjust     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
adjust again after an initial failure
regard with respect; favorable regard
restore to good condition; renew
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revere     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
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stupor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
something that has been in a family for generations
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
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tier     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a journey to a sacred place
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
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uncouth     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
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