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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. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
gargoyle
exponent
hieroglyphic
laconic
2. The right to vote
mosaic
suffrage
nocturnal
toxin
3. Short answers
quota
laconic
tranquility
renaissance
4. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
boycott
analogy
exponent
xylem
5. Outlaw
nocturnal
renegade
laconic
flourish
6. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
renaissance
symbiosis
light-year
repose
7. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
boycott
yacht
gargoyle
plateau
8. Picture writing.
hieroglyphic
despondent
renegade
accentuate
9. Peace - relax - calmness
repose
flourish
marsupial
nebula
10. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
immune
exponent
ozone
accentuate
11. Poisonous gas layer
mutation
ozone
deduction
decorum
12. Order of events. sequence of events.
vacillate
gargoyle
renaissance
chronology
13. The branch of biology that studies animals
kilometer
zoology
rain forest
tariff
14. Not true. false. lie.
ultraviolet
random
kilometer
fallacy
15. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
dialogue
suffrage
solstice
jovial
16. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
plateau
boisterous
rain forest
tumult
17. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
tariff
analogy
yacht
ultraviolet
18. The act of giving up something valued
undulate
sacrifice
renaissance
lichen
19. Showing great excitment or interest
bizarre
immune
impertinent
enthusiastic
20. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
vaccine
boisterous
decorum
guru
21. To trick
nocturnal
toxin
bamboozle
dialogue
22. Mammal with a pouch
impertinent
silhouette
marsupial
quota
23. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
eclectic
alliteration
undulate
antibody
24. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
gargoyle
voracious
nebula
recede
25. Organism that eats plants and animals
spectrum
laconic
omnivore
eclectic
26. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
jaunty
vacillate
immune
exponent
27. Everybody agrees
light-year
unanimous
plateau
chronology
28. 3d image.
stereotype
exponent
quandary
hologram
29. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
eclectic
flourish
toxin
quandary
30. To crouch back in fear
guerrilla
cower
ellipse
wretched
31. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
zoology
protagonist
hologram
decorum
32. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
embargo
outrageous
participle
33. Plan
analogy
spectrum
undulate
strategy
34. Active at night
introspection
labyrinth
nocturnal
analogy
35. Beat of music
ozone
technique
accentuate
tempo
36. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
tumult
participle
symbiosis
protagonist
37. A verb used as a noun: Working women
stereotype
maneuver
virtuoso
participle
38. To pound - crush - or grind
ellipse
quandary
inference
pulverize
39. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
nebula
vertebrate
guerrilla
nocturnal
40. Jolly
quandary
fallacy
jovial
light-year
41. Things compaired without using like or as
metaphor
tempo
inference
undulate
42. 1000 meters
maneuver
gargoyle
kilometer
vaccine
43. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
parasite
mosaic
omnivore
bizarre
44. A generalized belief about a group of people
jovial
participle
stereotype
solstice
45. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
vertebrate
ellipse
undulate
voracious
46. An elevated piece of land
heritage
guerrilla
tranquility
plateau
47. To honor memory of
ultraviolet
inference
ozone
commemorate
48. Conversation
dialogue
parasite
mutation
tumult
49. Plant tissue that conducts food
jovial
vaccine
hologram
phloem
50. Repetiton of the same sounds
decorum
zoology
alliteration
tumult