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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To crouch back in fear
cower
mutation
introspection
exult
2. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
cower
analogy
tundra
symbiosis
3. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
flourish
gargoyle
virtuoso
vacillate
4. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
voracious
pulverize
rain forest
ultraviolet
5. Depression
deign
hologram
despondent
boisterous
6. The right to vote
accentuate
labyrinth
decorum
suffrage
7. Peace - relax - calmness
repose
solstice
undulate
alliteration
8. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
embargo
quandary
analogy
parasite
9. Annoying
nuisance
gargoyle
commemorate
immune
10. Protected from getting a disease.
enthusiastic
omnivore
immune
sacrifice
11. A tax or duty imposed by the government
spectrum
boycott
tariff
divulge
12. To honor memory of
commemorate
embargo
stereotype
decorum
13. The act of giving up something valued
flourish
alliteration
sacrifice
hieroglyphic
14. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
ozone
vaccine
metaphor
dialogue
15. To do well. to grow and develop
flourish
ellipse
ozone
phloem
16. A specified amount of something
wretched
chronology
quota
eclectic
17. Characterized by physical misery
undulate
laconic
wretched
light-year
18. Very talented at one thing.
eclectic
boisterous
guru
tempo
19. Short answers
laconic
lichen
xylem
rain forest
20. 1000 meters
yacht
kilometer
boisterous
tariff
21. Everybody agrees
tariff
unanimous
kilometer
eclectic
22. Order of events. sequence of events.
chronology
participle
introspection
zoology
23. The branch of biology that studies animals
zoology
tempo
solstice
ellipse
24. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
hypocrisy
cower
renegade
outrageous
25. To have a great ambition
aspire
unanimous
mosaic
exponent
26. Beat of music
jaunty
nebula
introspection
tempo
27. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
gargoyle
exult
repose
immune
28. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
polygon
laconic
marsupial
yacht
29. A verb used as a noun: Working women
tundra
omnivore
participle
exponent
30. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
rain forest
laconic
renaissance
camouflage
31. 3d image.
chronology
virtuoso
strategy
hologram
32. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
wretched
heritage
voracious
jovial
33. Plant tissue that conducts food
tumult
phloem
inference
virtuoso
34. Outline of body
wretched
vertebrate
silhouette
mutation
35. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
solstice
decorum
zoology
yacht
36. Change in gene or chromosome
omnivore
mutation
impertinent
fallacy
37. Jolly
parasite
jovial
technique
laconic
38. To refuse trade with a country
participle
repose
divulge
embargo
39. Peaceful - quiet - rest
stereotype
yacht
xylem
tranquility
40. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
tumult
outrageous
alliteration
laconic
41. Outlaw
hypocrisy
gargoyle
maneuver
renegade
42. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
ultraviolet
bamboozle
gargoyle
renegade
43. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
recede
decorum
exponent
nocturnal
44. To rejoice.
repose
exult
zoology
deign
45. Picture writing.
participle
hieroglyphic
enthusiastic
suffrage
46. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
fallacy
deign
pulverize
antibody
47. Mammal with a pouch
marsupial
laconic
renaissance
zoology
48. Plan
zoology
decorum
embargo
strategy
49. To refuse to use or buy from
laconic
boycott
lichen
yacht
50. Noisy - violent
phloem
decorum
laconic
boisterous