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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Plan
camouflage
repose
despondent
strategy
2. 1000 meters
camouflage
toxin
kilometer
guru
3. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
cower
zoology
solstice
outrageous
4. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
flourish
maneuver
exponent
mutation
5. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
guerrilla
light-year
symbiosis
parasite
6. To draw back from
fallacy
boisterous
recede
symbiosis
7. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
dialogue
sacrifice
embargo
deign
8. To subtract.
recede
vertebrate
stereotype
deduction
9. To bring out the best in
plateau
decorum
accentuate
vacillate
10. Proper behavior or conduct
fallacy
decorum
tempo
lichen
11. Order of events. sequence of events.
chronology
tundra
virtuoso
parasite
12. Repetiton of the same sounds
alliteration
mutation
parasite
sacrifice
13. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
gargoyle
xylem
laconic
rain forest
14. Fungi
lichen
tempo
zoology
antibody
15. Depression
quandary
guru
chronology
despondent
16. Peaceful - quiet - rest
spectrum
deduction
commemorate
tranquility
17. An animal that has a backbone
renaissance
ellipse
vertebrate
commemorate
18. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
mutation
heritage
renaissance
phloem
19. Beat of music
tempo
tranquility
exult
sacrifice
20. Difficult to defeat
phloem
ozone
strategy
formidable
21. Picture writing.
nocturnal
aspire
hieroglyphic
polygon
22. To refuse trade with a country
parasite
aspire
embargo
formidable
23. Stylish.
strategy
jaunty
unanimous
hologram
24. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
omnivore
undulate
fallacy
suffrage
25. Not true. false. lie.
guru
fallacy
formidable
hologram
26. Organism that eats plants and animals
ozone
omnivore
protagonist
sacrifice
27. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
eclectic
nocturnal
silhouette
metaphor
28. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
ellipse
analogy
lichen
renegade
29. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
ultraviolet
undulate
fallacy
hypocrisy
30. A tax or duty imposed by the government
light-year
sacrifice
renaissance
tariff
31. Mammal with a pouch
deign
quarantine
silhouette
marsupial
32. Protected from getting a disease.
metaphor
introspection
ozone
immune
33. Active at night
ellipse
random
nocturnal
toxin
34. To pound - crush - or grind
sacrifice
nuisance
pulverize
gargoyle
35. Plant tissue that conducts food
heritage
phloem
virtuoso
ultraviolet
36. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
vaccine
ultraviolet
tundra
symbiosis
37. To trick
formidable
bamboozle
dialogue
solstice
38. The act of giving up something valued
sacrifice
symbiosis
heritage
hieroglyphic
39. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
polygon
camouflage
parasite
mosaic
40. To have a great ambition
aspire
sacrifice
ultraviolet
vaccine
41. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
repose
ozone
stereotype
42. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
enthusiastic
eclectic
virtuoso
yacht
43. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
technique
parasite
virtuoso
kilometer
44. Maze
labyrinth
laconic
suffrage
wretched
45. Change in gene or chromosome
solstice
mutation
plateau
repose
46. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
marsupial
cower
stereotype
voracious
47. Conversation
maneuver
dialogue
chronology
virtuoso
48. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
hologram
formidable
vacillate
unanimous
49. A generalized belief about a group of people
stereotype
embargo
protagonist
solstice
50. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
antibody
exult
xylem
hieroglyphic