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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
affect     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
refrain from buying or using
occur at the same time as; correspond
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blossom     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
change something into another form; transform
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
sickness; illness; affliction
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blunt     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
careful about money; economical
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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competing     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
capable of arousing and holding the attention
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
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crafty     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
in or into a high place; high or higher up
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detain     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
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efficient     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
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extreme     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
easily broken; having little elasticity
outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
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fluctuate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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refrain from buying or using
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
consider; think about carefully; weigh
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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gambol     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
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ignite     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
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install     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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misery     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
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outstanding     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
distinguished from others in excellence
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prime     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
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propel     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
occur at the same time as; correspond
find or declare guilty
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
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salvage     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
set up or found; build
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
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skeptic     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
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tardy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
late; delayed; moving slowly
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
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upheaval     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
someone who has given long service
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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