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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
annihilate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
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auspicious     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
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cognizant     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
composed of elements from a variety of sources
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
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credentials     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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highest point; vertex; summit; climax
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
mental keenness; quickness of perception
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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demented     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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devastate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
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encampment     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
decree; authoritative command or order
central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
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equanimity     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
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frivolous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
serving or designed to reform
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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hew     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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decide upon and express in words
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
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inaccessible     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
unreachable; not available; unattainable
capable of being accomplished or brought about
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mainstay     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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manor     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
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pertinent     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
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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
unoriginal; derived from another source
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
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reinstate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
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revoke     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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sodden     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
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torrid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
exceedingly or unbelievably great
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usage     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
mental keenness; quickness of perception
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
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