DIY Vocabulary Test - High School: 10th Grade

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High School: 10th Grade
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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High School: 10th Grade
adapt     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
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assay     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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deny the truth of; go against, as of rules and laws
analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
take apart; disassemble; tear down
cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
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awe     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
one who flees to shelter, or place of safety
formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university
mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
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caper     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation
shrivel; decay; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; loss of moisture
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
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(5)
n.  
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meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
a private room, typically a bedroom; compartment; a large room used for formal or public events
general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
compression; the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid
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deluge     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a police officer of the lowest rank; a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
gentle breeze; west wind; any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments
small leaf; leaf like organ or part
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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eclipse     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
destroy completely; scrape or shave off
darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
provide; supply; equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
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extirpate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
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foster     Speak
 
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v.  
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scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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haggard     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
having no adverse effect; harmless
unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
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incite     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront
become aware of through the senses; detect
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
produce; give rise to
keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
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insuperable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being excelled; unbeatable
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
with great care or delicacy; cautiously
excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
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(13)
n.  
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mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates; axis; center
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; small ornamental piece
going from one state of action to another
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(14)
n.  
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
act of extreme violence or viciousness; offense
printed or written ticket used in voting; act of voting; whole number of votes cast at an election
a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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pervade     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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detect; perceive or recognize something
pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
make something last; preserve from extinction
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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prescribe     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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pack; force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space
dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
write under something else; subscribe; assume financial responsibility for; guarantee against failure
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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prosper     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
flourish; thrive; gain in wealth; grow stronger
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scarlet     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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of a brilliant red color
causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
currently in progress; traveling by foot
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solicitous     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
kindly; favorable; not malignant
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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ungainly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
sky blue; light purplish blue
tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action
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