DIY Vocabulary Test - High School: 9th Grade

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High School: 9th Grade
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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High School: 9th Grade
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(1)
n.  
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loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
someone who has given long service
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
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n.  
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shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
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n.  
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pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
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v.  
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keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
provide written evidence; record in detail
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
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v.  
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destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
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v.  
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move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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v.  
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make sure or certain; insure; assure
come into prominence; spring up; appear
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
breed; emerge from the egg
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n.  
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sickness; illness; affliction
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease
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n.  
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enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment
someone who has given long service
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
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v.  
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extend out or project in space; stick out
make sure or certain; insure; assure
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
breed; emerge from the egg
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a. or ad.  
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having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
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v.  
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restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
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a. or ad.  
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of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
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a. or ad.  
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proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
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a. or ad.  
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hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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v.  
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put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
narrate or tell; count over again
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
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v.  
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
enclose with protective covering; encase; cover up or hide
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a. or ad.  
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authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
causing death; leading to failure or disaster
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a. or ad.  
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peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
most outstanding; highest; superior
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
free from deceit; sincere; honest
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a. or ad.  
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lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
having total knowledge; knowing everything
unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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