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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. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
protagonist
tumult
hieroglyphic
pulverize
2. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
nocturnal
vacillate
polygon
voracious
3. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
hypocrisy
cower
spectrum
parasite
4. Things compaired without using like or as
metaphor
random
voracious
analogy
5. Showing great excitment or interest
laconic
camouflage
unanimous
enthusiastic
6. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
fallacy
camouflage
vacillate
chronology
7. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
metaphor
light-year
strategy
labyrinth
8. To refuse trade with a country
nocturnal
commemorate
embargo
vacillate
9. Mammal with a pouch
boisterous
renaissance
marsupial
wretched
10. 3d image.
hologram
analogy
decorum
spectrum
11. Beat of music
analogy
xylem
tempo
tundra
12. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
toxin
chronology
accentuate
yacht
13. To pound - crush - or grind
decorum
pulverize
eclectic
exponent
14. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
chronology
nocturnal
exponent
15. The right to vote
antibody
repose
hypocrisy
suffrage
16. Active at night
gargoyle
deduction
vacillate
nocturnal
17. A specified amount of something
stereotype
participle
quota
impertinent
18. To refuse to use or buy from
formidable
alliteration
hypocrisy
boycott
19. Short answers
laconic
repose
mutation
plateau
20. Very talented at one thing.
tundra
renegade
parasite
guru
21. A poisonous substance
tumult
kilometer
toxin
light-year
22. Organism that eats plants and animals
deign
accentuate
solstice
omnivore
23. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
eclectic
mutation
protagonist
camouflage
24. To do well. to grow and develop
lichen
bizarre
zoology
flourish
25. Noisy - violent
aspire
nuisance
boisterous
omnivore
26. Protected from getting a disease.
tranquility
immune
sacrifice
nuisance
27. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
marsupial
parasite
labyrinth
hypocrisy
28. To bring out the best in
hieroglyphic
deduction
solstice
accentuate
29. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
strategy
tundra
heritage
30. To honor memory of
commemorate
nocturnal
pulverize
guerrilla
31. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
vacillate
undulate
boycott
light-year
32. To have a great ambition
tariff
formidable
aspire
deduction
33. A verb used as a noun: Working women
participle
jovial
marsupial
exponent
34. Making a guess. hypothesis.
flourish
ultraviolet
inference
chronology
35. The act of giving up something valued
camouflage
sacrifice
xylem
boisterous
36. To draw back from
recede
ozone
tempo
jaunty
37. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
silhouette
renaissance
outrageous
ozone
38. Very strange or odd
spectrum
bizarre
heritage
maneuver
39. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
aspire
marsupial
introspection
voracious
40. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
protagonist
deduction
unanimous
vaccine
41. Everybody agrees
lichen
tranquility
inference
unanimous
42. 1000 meters
omnivore
random
kilometer
spectrum
43. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
laconic
phloem
enthusiastic
deign
44. Rude
impertinent
divulge
light-year
gargoyle
45. Jolly
eclectic
parasite
jovial
kilometer
46. To subtract.
yacht
heritage
deduction
chronology
47. Move around
maneuver
immune
parasite
tundra
48. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
tumult
sacrifice
accentuate
renaissance
49. A generalized belief about a group of people
stereotype
ozone
guru
jaunty
50. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
spectrum
quarantine
ultraviolet
tempo