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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. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
maneuver
commemorate
quandary
wretched
2. To have a great ambition
aspire
quarantine
introspection
alliteration
3. To draw back from
recede
nebula
eclectic
sacrifice
4. Difficult to defeat
bamboozle
hypocrisy
formidable
quandary
5. Maze
silhouette
labyrinth
eclectic
guerrilla
6. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
protagonist
enthusiastic
despondent
eclectic
7. Rude
suffrage
nuisance
impertinent
tempo
8. Beat of music
alliteration
tempo
jaunty
antibody
9. Very talented at one thing.
solstice
repose
eclectic
guru
10. Characterized by physical misery
ozone
wretched
nebula
despondent
11. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
pulverize
antibody
undulate
introspection
12. Active at night
nocturnal
plateau
commemorate
ellipse
13. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
renaissance
despondent
camouflage
tumult
14. Isolation for a amount of time for an animal or person
nebula
quarantine
introspection
renaissance
15. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
accentuate
technique
gargoyle
unanimous
16. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
hypocrisy
parasite
yacht
unanimous
17. To crouch back in fear
participle
alliteration
jaunty
cower
18. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
decorum
laconic
marsupial
analogy
19. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
outrageous
rain forest
hieroglyphic
heritage
20. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
immune
polygon
mosaic
recede
21. To honor memory of
commemorate
solstice
enthusiastic
nuisance
22. A verb used as a noun: Working women
dialogue
participle
mosaic
xylem
23. Change in gene or chromosome
mutation
enthusiastic
renegade
outrageous
24. Proper behavior or conduct
bizarre
immune
vaccine
decorum
25. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
suffrage
light-year
plateau
laconic
26. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
mosaic
rain forest
quandary
symbiosis
27. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
random
undulate
camouflage
28. Picture writing.
introspection
boisterous
hieroglyphic
flourish
29. To bring out the best in
chronology
hieroglyphic
accentuate
xylem
30. To refuse trade with a country
marsupial
hypocrisy
embargo
repose
31. Peaceful - quiet - rest
deign
outrageous
recede
tranquility
32. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
quarantine
eclectic
dialogue
ellipse
33. Order of events. sequence of events.
chronology
undulate
phloem
wretched
34. A generalized belief about a group of people
protagonist
fallacy
stereotype
suffrage
35. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
boisterous
unanimous
solstice
tariff
36. Tradition. something passed down.
jovial
random
heritage
strategy
37. Short answers
bamboozle
plateau
laconic
kilometer
38. No pattern
quarantine
random
metaphor
nuisance
39. An elevated piece of land
jovial
exponent
plateau
jaunty
40. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
laconic
voracious
tempo
nuisance
41. To do well. to grow and develop
technique
eclectic
mutation
flourish
42. Things compaired without using like or as
symbiosis
nuisance
formidable
metaphor
43. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
accentuate
ellipse
hypocrisy
boycott
44. Conversation
nebula
heritage
xylem
dialogue
45. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
nebula
strategy
silhouette
rain forest
46. The branch of biology that studies animals
mutation
light-year
zoology
embargo
47. Organism that eats plants and animals
omnivore
aspire
vaccine
enthusiastic
48. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
tranquility
vacillate
omnivore
hieroglyphic
49. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
mosaic
tundra
toxin
vaccine
50. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
camouflage
quandary
wretched
exponent