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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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english
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vocabulary
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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. The act of giving up something valued
sacrifice
quota
antibody
cower
2. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
vaccine
renaissance
quandary
mosaic
3. To pound - crush - or grind
tumult
maneuver
impertinent
pulverize
4. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
solstice
light-year
bamboozle
tariff
5. Active at night
fallacy
nocturnal
technique
recede
6. Mammal with a pouch
marsupial
chronology
ellipse
participle
7. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
participle
voracious
protagonist
nocturnal
8. To do well. to grow and develop
omnivore
undulate
formidable
flourish
9. A generalized belief about a group of people
ultraviolet
sacrifice
stereotype
tariff
10. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
embargo
boycott
vacillate
divulge
11. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
alliteration
deign
recede
plateau
12. Tradition. something passed down.
boycott
immune
heritage
rain forest
13. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
toxin
mutation
gargoyle
embargo
14. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
introspection
polygon
yacht
quandary
15. Noisy - violent
formidable
hologram
exult
boisterous
16. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
toxin
parasite
camouflage
gargoyle
17. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
plateau
introspection
flourish
antibody
18. Oval shaped.
bamboozle
eclectic
ellipse
outrageous
19. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
heritage
immune
analogy
light-year
20. A verb used as a noun: Working women
participle
tranquility
renegade
symbiosis
21. Organism that eats plants and animals
introspection
omnivore
enthusiastic
cower
22. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
antibody
maneuver
wretched
light-year
23. A poisonous substance
symbiosis
immune
flourish
toxin
24. To trick
bamboozle
undulate
cower
flourish
25. Beat of music
chronology
sacrifice
tempo
commemorate
26. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
xylem
wretched
bizarre
deduction
27. Jolly
vaccine
jovial
quota
vacillate
28. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
tundra
decorum
impertinent
symbiosis
29. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
vaccine
chronology
solstice
lichen
30. To crouch back in fear
random
divulge
cower
quandary
31. 1000 meters
exponent
marsupial
kilometer
silhouette
32. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
ultraviolet
quota
divulge
solstice
33. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
recede
plateau
solstice
hypocrisy
34. Very talented at one thing.
kilometer
parasite
guru
ultraviolet
35. Proper behavior or conduct
despondent
virtuoso
stereotype
decorum
36. Stylish.
technique
unanimous
jaunty
deign
37. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
accentuate
symbiosis
tumult
undulate
38. To honor memory of
wretched
commemorate
bizarre
heritage
39. To have a great ambition
technique
aspire
introspection
zoology
40. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
camouflage
plateau
maneuver
41. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
solstice
rain forest
yacht
kilometer
42. A specified amount of something
quota
alliteration
ellipse
technique
43. Peaceful - quiet - rest
metaphor
tranquility
xylem
vaccine
44. Repetiton of the same sounds
alliteration
decorum
antibody
stereotype
45. Rude
silhouette
protagonist
impertinent
tranquility
46. Picture writing.
chronology
random
hieroglyphic
suffrage
47. Conversation
boisterous
dialogue
light-year
xylem
48. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
renegade
protagonist
wretched
virtuoso
49. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
deign
immune
boycott
exponent
50. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
outrageous
ozone
marsupial
formidable