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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
alter     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
wet through and through; soak; put potion down throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
pierce; go through; permeate
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biennial     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
every two years; lasting or living for two years
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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celebrity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
any substance used to make soil more fertile
a widely known person; the state of being well known
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commend     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
live in; occupy; reside in
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contribute     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
provide; bestow a quality on
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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
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
refrain from buying or using
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drought     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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any article of clothing, as coat or gown
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
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estimate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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lower in spirits; press down
enclose with protective covering; encase; cover up or hide
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
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felicitous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
thick; crowded closely together; compact
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grumble     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
be superior; distinguish oneself
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
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imperturbable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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inflate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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consider; think about carefully; weigh
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
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neglect     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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pasture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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shortage of food; starvation
violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
field covered with grass; meadow
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prey     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
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provoke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
refrain from buying or using
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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restrict     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
reduce level; lower grade of something
keep or confine within limits
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
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sinister     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
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tardy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
late; delayed; moving slowly
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
every two years; lasting or living for two years
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
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trace     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
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