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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
ailment     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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change something into another form; transform
sickness; illness; affliction
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
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assault     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
a physical attack; onslaught
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
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capacity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
sickness; illness; affliction
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
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circumference     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
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dejected     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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being in low spirits; depressed
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
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discharge     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
be superior; distinguish oneself
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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effective     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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distinguished from others in excellence
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
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engross     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
occur at the same time as; correspond
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
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fluctuate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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glamour     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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hinge     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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breaking of contract or duty
violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
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install     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
be superior; distinguish oneself
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
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marine     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
difficult to handle or manage
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peer     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
lower in spirits; press down
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
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portable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
relating to health or the protection of health
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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quixotic     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
idealistic without regard to practicality
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
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rigor     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
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sincere     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
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
practical and functional, not just for show
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
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terrain     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
consent; approval to do something
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
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trace     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
come into prominence; spring up; appear
get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
breed; emerge from the egg
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