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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
aggregate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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restore to good condition; renew
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
regard with respect; favorable regard
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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bland     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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having a good reputation; honorable
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
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catharsis     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
state of being unmarried; single life
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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to give an account or tell the story of
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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cynical     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
rich and superior in quality
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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dialect     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
god; divinity; supernatural things
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
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emit     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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give off; send out; give out as sound
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
pollute; make dirty or spotty
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
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equivocation     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
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frustrate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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gratify     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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inkling     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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slight hint or indication; slight understanding
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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laud     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
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mendicant     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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permeate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
pollute; make dirty or spotty
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
place over something else; place on top of
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pregnant     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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rebuff     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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examine closely and critically
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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resolute     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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sodden     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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queer; amusingly odd; comical
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
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surreptitious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
pervading; spread throughout every part
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
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vilify     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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