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 Test Questions
Middle School: 8th Grade
abandon     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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accept that you will reduce your demands to reach an agreement with someone
leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever
make an official examination of the accounts of a business and produce a report
look at or consider again an idea or piece of writing to correct or improve it; amend
deny the truth of a statement, especially by asserting the opposite; confront
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ancient     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of
reaching an answer by thinking carefully about the known facts
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time
interested in learning about people or things around you; eager for knowledge
not subject to duty or obligation; with special permission not to do or pay something
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auditorium     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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feeling of excitement and happiness
science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape
area of theater or concert hall where audience sits
organization created for business ventures, especially one that will earn money
state of being unable to make a choice; a lack of firmness of character or purpose
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chameleon     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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lizard that changes color in different situations
a thousand billion
rescue equipment made of a large piece of cloth that is fastened to a person who is dropped from an aircraft, in order to make him fall slowly
a sport in which two or four people hit a light object with feathers over a high net
an abrupt remark, made especially as an interruption
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competitive     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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rich and superior in quality; lavish
relating to nuclear reactions that happen only at very high temperatures
upright in position or posture
wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time
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criminal     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a promise or firm decision to do something
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
flock, crowd, group of cattle or other domestic animals
marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words into sentences, clauses, and phrases
one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by verdict
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despondent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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being in public eye; obvious to the eye
very exciting to look at; impressive or especially great
unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm
fixed or immobile; not capable of being moved
reaching an answer by thinking carefully about the known facts
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episode     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; lake used to store water for community use
lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; lack of spirit
one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the tv
act of supplying or fitting out; food and other necessary items provided
writing that is about real events and facts
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expenditure     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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portable, often flat case with a handle, used for carrying papers or books
the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
action of saying words aloud to be typed or written down
total amount of money that a government or person spends
a flat shape with four sides and four right angles, with opposite sides of equal length
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funeral     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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an area of slowly moving water at the side of the main river
instrument for measuring temperature
an officer of middle rank in the armed forces
something foretold or predicted; prophecy
ceremony held in connection with burial; end of existence
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immovable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of a society
relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing
not able or intended to be moved
city center; one who lives in a city center
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judgmental     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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relating to nuclear reactions that happen only at very high temperatures
heard or perceptible by the ear
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
having or displaying an excessively critical point of view
physically violent and frightening; extremely severe or violent
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merchandise     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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someone whose job is to officially inspect something
goods that are bought and sold
act of making something more noticeable than it really is; overstatement
a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad
someone who has a lot of experience, knowledge, or skill in a particular subject
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nonchalant     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested or do not care
rich and superior in quality; lavish
clearly noticeable; that certainly exists
from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
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novelist     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a large mass of ice floating at sea
one who writes novels
marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words into sentences, clauses, and phrases
an officer of middle rank in the armed forces
exact sameness; fact of being who, what a person or thing is; a close similarity
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predecessor     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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very small organisms that are found everywhere and are the cause of many diseases
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
an electric oven that uses waves of energy to cook or heat food quickly
portable, often flat case with a handle, used for carrying papers or books
small book usually having paper cover; pamphlet
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recollection     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a memory of something; power of recalling ideas to the mind
empty area or space; a space from which most or all of the matter has been removed
a person related to you who lived a long time ago; forefather, forerunner, or predecessor
either of the two times of a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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soloist     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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amount or number of something, especially that can be measured
organization created for business ventures, especially one that will earn money
language study of the origin and history of words
lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; lack of spirit
a musician who performs a single
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substitute     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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stabilize; cause to be unable to move
be in action or have an effect
make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute
stop a fire or a light burning; stop or get rid of an idea or feeling
exchange; use something or someone instead of another thing or person
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thermometer     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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ability to see; sight; vivid mental image
one who maintains and audits business accounts
instrument for measuring temperature
a large building in which sports or entertainments take place
small book usually having paper cover; pamphlet
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