SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A tax or duty imposed by the government
formidable
vacillate
tariff
solstice
2. Mammal with a pouch
ellipse
marsupial
tranquility
polygon
3. Order of events. sequence of events.
fallacy
yacht
ellipse
chronology
4. Isolation for a amount of time for an animal or person
introspection
renaissance
plateau
quarantine
5. Maze
labyrinth
laconic
guerrilla
mutation
6. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
quandary
aspire
vacillate
analogy
7. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
light-year
jovial
tundra
embargo
8. The right to vote
zoology
labyrinth
suffrage
tranquility
9. To pound - crush - or grind
hieroglyphic
embargo
pulverize
exult
10. Making a guess. hypothesis.
inference
wretched
impertinent
participle
11. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
jovial
protagonist
boycott
xylem
12. To rejoice.
exponent
renegade
tumult
exult
13. An elevated piece of land
gargoyle
plateau
impertinent
eclectic
14. Fungi
exponent
renaissance
lichen
random
15. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
alliteration
cower
protagonist
yacht
16. Plan
alliteration
ultraviolet
renegade
strategy
17. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
wretched
outrageous
solstice
strategy
18. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
nebula
hologram
unanimous
sacrifice
19. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
eclectic
inference
introspection
ultraviolet
20. To bring out the best in
accentuate
laconic
dialogue
deduction
21. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
maneuver
alliteration
jovial
guerrilla
22. Short answers
laconic
recede
yacht
hypocrisy
23. Protected from getting a disease.
immune
deduction
formidable
virtuoso
24. To trick
bamboozle
polygon
xylem
solstice
25. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
tumult
random
rain forest
vacillate
26. A generalized belief about a group of people
deign
enthusiastic
exponent
stereotype
27. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
omnivore
voracious
plateau
gargoyle
28. To draw back from
maneuver
chronology
cower
recede
29. To honor memory of
laconic
analogy
solstice
commemorate
30. A verb used as a noun: Working women
maneuver
marsupial
tranquility
participle
31. Very talented at one thing.
alliteration
guru
nocturnal
wretched
32. Everybody agrees
aspire
silhouette
gargoyle
unanimous
33. Showing great excitment or interest
antibody
vacillate
nuisance
enthusiastic
34. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
plateau
analogy
stereotype
antibody
35. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
spectrum
inference
random
36. Rude
deduction
accentuate
despondent
impertinent
37. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
introspection
tempo
deign
mosaic
38. Change in gene or chromosome
plateau
mutation
unanimous
virtuoso
39. Depression
despondent
tundra
divulge
yacht
40. Plant tissue that conducts food
flourish
phloem
antibody
quota
41. To refuse trade with a country
guru
divulge
embargo
yacht
42. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
bamboozle
exponent
wretched
unanimous
43. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
divulge
deign
zoology
chronology
44. Beat of music
hypocrisy
chronology
nebula
tempo
45. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
enthusiastic
tundra
vaccine
quarantine
46. Not true. false. lie.
impertinent
polygon
random
fallacy
47. Poisonous gas layer
ozone
tariff
alliteration
stereotype
48. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
quota
kilometer
tumult
49. Characterized by physical misery
chronology
laconic
deduction
wretched
50. Method - way of doing something
technique
undulate
light-year
dialogue