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 Test Questions
High School: 9th Grade
adversary     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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volume; something contained; material, including text and images
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
entire range; all notes in musical scale
fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
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attentive     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
practical and functional, not just for show
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
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cargo     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
lack of knowledge or education
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
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compel     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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hand out; disseminate; allocate
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
keep or confine within limits
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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deadly     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
existing or occurring before something else
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
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discharge     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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drought     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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engulf     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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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
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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foul     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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act that violates of the rules of a sport
refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
entire range; all notes in musical scale
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
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garment     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
any article of clothing, as coat or gown
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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immune     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
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longitude     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
ally; form a group or unite
violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
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monarch     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
ally; form a group or unite
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereign, such as a king or empress
clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
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peninsula     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
journey organized for a particular purpose
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
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prime     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
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quiver     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
keep or confine within limits
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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repel     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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scuffle     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
alter; make partial or minor changes to
lower in spirits; press down
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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synthesis     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
consent; approval to do something
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
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thrifty     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
careful about money; economical
completely lacking; barren or empty
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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