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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
appoint     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
wet through and through; soak; put potion down throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
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bluff     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
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chant     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
compute; determine; estimate
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commend     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
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dejected     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
late; delayed; moving slowly
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
being in low spirits; depressed
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displace     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
achieve or accomplish; gain
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economical     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
in great numbers; in a plentiful or sufficient degree; plentifully
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engulf     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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foul     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
sickness; illness; affliction
act that violates of the rules of a sport
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
entire range; all notes in musical scale
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genuine     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
without money; poor; penniless
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
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ignorance     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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lack of knowledge or education
wetness caused by water
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
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inhibit     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
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oblivious     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
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ozone     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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weapon, consisting of long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with small flag
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
moral corruption or contamination; invasion of body which can lead to tissue damage and disease
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plummet     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
keep or confine within limits
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
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qualify     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
continue; insist; persevere
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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reinforce     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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compute; determine; estimate
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
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solitary     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
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tentative     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
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utilitarian     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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physically weak; easily broken
practical and functional, not just for show
valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
being in low spirits; depressed
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
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