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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
annul     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
restore to good condition; renew
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
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atrocious     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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cervical     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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crypt     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
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defile     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
pollute; make dirty or spotty
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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dignitary     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
concluding part; closing section
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
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embryo     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
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expatriate     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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forum     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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hoax     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
person who eats too much food and drink
state of being unmarried; single life
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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inclusive     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
unoriginal; derived from another source
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
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invincible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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metaphysical     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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obtuse     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
directly ahead; straightforward
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
an expert who gives advice
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
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radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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reprove     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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segregate     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
become progressively worse; decline
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tributary     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
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ultimatum     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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