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 Test Questions
Middle School: 6th Grade
absurd     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception
ridiculously unreasonable; foolish
not be able to do something
unwilling to submit to authority
stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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authority     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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jurisdiction; power to enforce laws
a person employed to guard something; soldier stationed as a guard
an act of selecting or making a decision
a short, sharp pin with a flat, round top, used especially for putting up notices to a board
act of refusing to accept, use, or believe someone or something
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bookkeeper     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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explanatory list of symbols on a map
a person who records the accounts or transactions of a business
wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
arms; any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun, bomb, knife, etc.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain
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caramel     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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someone who leads the cheers at a sporting event
sugar or syrup heated until it turns brown, used as a flavoring or coloring for food
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles
a bad person who harms others or breaks the law; someone who does evil deliberately
action of stopping and catching something to prevent it from proceeding
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competition     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
a person who records the accounts or transactions of a business
a bridge that can be raised to block passage, in order to allow boats to pass beneath it
a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
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curl     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth
form into coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
adapt; regulate
cook food beforehand to shortened the cooking or heating time when eating it
go bad; rot or decay; become unfit for consumption or use
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decline     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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become firmly fixed together
fall down, as collapsing; fall quickly and without control
change toward something smaller or lower
reinforce; make strong or increase the strength of
be unfaithful; deliver to an enemy by treachery
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discourage     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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interpret in the wrong way
make use of, sometimes unjustly
depress; take away hope from
miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily
be unfaithful; deliver to an enemy by treachery
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flood     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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exclusive control or possession of something; domination
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage
cause to fill or become covered with water; a large flow
act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
the act of cutting the hair
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hideout     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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oral exchange of opinions or ideas, informal dialogue
a glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten
very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
arms; any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun, bomb, knife, etc.
secret place where someone can go, usually a remote place used by outlaws
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inspire     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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begin, originate, or initiate; send off; take off
press something, firmly and repeatedly with the hands
encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of
pierce painfully with sharp pointed structure; cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings
travel with; be associated with
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legend     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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the area in which something exists or lives
one who hangs, or causes to be hanged
a chemical element that is the lightest gas, has no colour, taste, or smell
explanatory list of symbols on a map
act of choosing someone or something; choice or collection
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miniature     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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used to describe something that is a very small copy of an object
precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth
keen or sharp in speech or manner; active, fast, and energetic
being available to use because it is extra
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
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oyster     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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an act punishable by law, usually considered an evil act
an evergreen plant that grows on trees, with small, white fruits and pale yellow flowers
a large flat sea creature having a rough irregular shell
something happens without design; hazard or risk
admiration felt or shown for someone
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preschool     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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transparent screen, as of glass, to protect occupants of a vehicle
a container filled with explosive, designed to explode
biography or story written by oneself
an educational institution for children too young for elementary school
the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
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radiation     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
building that houses judicial courts
biography or story written by oneself
public transport that consists of a bus, train, or airplane that run between two points
very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
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selection     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
sports man; one who contended for prize in public games
a common nonmetallic element, a toxic, irritant, pale green gas
act of choosing someone or something; choice or collection
a large flat sea creature having a rough irregular shell
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spider     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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physical and electronic parts of a computer
a bad person who harms others or breaks the law; someone who does evil deliberately
a small creature with eight thin legs that catches insects in a web
cognitive process of thinking about what to do in case something happening
magazine; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
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sunset     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
action or power of evoking interest or pleasure for something
daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
a bird with a round body and a short tail that is sometimes hunted for food or for sport
building that houses judicial courts
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towel     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a whitish area caused by a fungus, usually if the conditions are warm and wet
rectangular cloth or paper for drying or wiping
neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance or sickness
a garden plant grown for its compact edible head of usually white undeveloped flowers
a small creature with eight thin legs that catches insects in a web
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