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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. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
despondent
undulate
guru
tariff
2. To pound - crush - or grind
pulverize
impertinent
lichen
renegade
3. To have a great ambition
introspection
aspire
spectrum
repose
4. Picture writing.
renaissance
analogy
hieroglyphic
accentuate
5. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
symbiosis
strategy
vacillate
omnivore
6. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
laconic
mosaic
impertinent
light-year
7. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
metaphor
polygon
camouflage
parasite
8. Peaceful - quiet - rest
formidable
tranquility
tumult
nuisance
9. Tradition. something passed down.
heritage
aspire
nebula
boycott
10. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
tumult
immune
protagonist
pulverize
11. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
gargoyle
camouflage
enthusiastic
sacrifice
12. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
light-year
toxin
voracious
stereotype
13. An extremely cold - dry biome
tundra
suffrage
toxin
inference
14. 1000 meters
heritage
dialogue
kilometer
divulge
15. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
guru
ultraviolet
accentuate
jovial
16. No pattern
solstice
analogy
chronology
random
17. Characterized by physical misery
jaunty
guerrilla
wretched
ozone
18. Poisonous gas layer
zoology
ozone
inference
omnivore
19. Rude
yacht
strategy
maneuver
impertinent
20. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
technique
guru
introspection
repose
21. Plant tissue that conducts food
phloem
renegade
jovial
virtuoso
22. Mammal with a pouch
antibody
marsupial
nuisance
toxin
23. Maze
zoology
tundra
mosaic
labyrinth
24. The right to vote
chronology
boisterous
suffrage
decorum
25. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
despondent
vaccine
renegade
mosaic
26. Conversation
plateau
renegade
dialogue
quarantine
27. Peace - relax - calmness
dialogue
quota
nocturnal
repose
28. Stylish.
vacillate
jaunty
embargo
yacht
29. Everybody agrees
tempo
laconic
chronology
unanimous
30. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
stereotype
symbiosis
alliteration
kilometer
31. To rejoice.
exult
phloem
analogy
toxin
32. To honor memory of
ellipse
commemorate
plateau
alliteration
33. Showing great excitment or interest
guru
enthusiastic
boycott
embargo
34. The act of giving up something valued
strategy
introspection
marsupial
sacrifice
35. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
antibody
despondent
outrageous
jaunty
36. The branch of biology that studies animals
zoology
embargo
boycott
renaissance
37. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
technique
quota
deign
bamboozle
38. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
gargoyle
xylem
random
nebula
39. Change in gene or chromosome
undulate
nebula
mutation
vacillate
40. An elevated piece of land
labyrinth
plateau
solstice
metaphor
41. Noisy - violent
ellipse
boisterous
immune
flourish
42. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
deduction
analogy
eclectic
yacht
43. To bring out the best in
formidable
inference
accentuate
tundra
44. To refuse to use or buy from
boycott
mosaic
rain forest
exponent
45. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
jaunty
polygon
cower
metaphor
46. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
suffrage
tumult
mosaic
metaphor
47. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
wretched
tundra
jaunty
antibody
48. To subtract.
bamboozle
pulverize
silhouette
deduction
49. Move around
maneuver
quota
tempo
mutation
50. Depression
bamboozle
despondent
metaphor
outrageous