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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
antiquated     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
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assuage     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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chant     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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difficult to handle or manage
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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dejected     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
in or into a high place; high or higher up
being in low spirits; depressed
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disproportionate     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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dwell     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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ensure     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
make sure or certain; insure; assure
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ferry     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
weapon, consisting of long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with small flag
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gauche     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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without money; poor; penniless
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
easily broken; having little elasticity
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
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implore     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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landslide     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
change something into another form; transform
person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
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neglect     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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recover; find and bring in; get back
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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offend     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
connect or join together; combine
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
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prey     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
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pursue     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
continue; insist; persevere
make sure or certain; insure; assure
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rotate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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scour     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
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sustain     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
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transfer     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
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