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 Test Questions
High School: 12th Grade
abdicate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
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avow     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
decide upon and express in words
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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catharsis     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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purging or cleansing of any passage of body
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
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consecrate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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cynical     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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dispense     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
to give an account or tell the story of
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eminent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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eradicate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
combine something into a larger whole; unite
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
place over something else; place on top of
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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flange     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
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hew     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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induce     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
give off; send out; give out as sound
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invincible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
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materialize     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
come into being; become reality
discuss the terms of an arrangement
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opulent     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
serving or designed to reform
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
rich and superior in quality
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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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
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
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qualm     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
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roster     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
list, especially of names
factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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stance     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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torrid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
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venerate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
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