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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. Things compaired without using like or as
metaphor
laconic
solstice
omnivore
2. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
voracious
solstice
commemorate
tumult
3. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
parasite
bizarre
metaphor
decorum
4. Very talented at one thing.
cower
rain forest
suffrage
guru
5. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
rain forest
stereotype
protagonist
hieroglyphic
6. Method - way of doing something
technique
tranquility
tumult
repose
7. An extremely cold - dry biome
tundra
nuisance
lichen
mosaic
8. Making a guess. hypothesis.
boycott
vertebrate
nocturnal
inference
9. Tradition. something passed down.
gargoyle
hypocrisy
heritage
quota
10. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
xylem
wretched
ultraviolet
guerrilla
11. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
technique
parasite
xylem
12. Mammal with a pouch
marsupial
strategy
sacrifice
analogy
13. Depression
despondent
decorum
enthusiastic
hologram
14. To trick
bamboozle
yacht
ozone
deign
15. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
exponent
xylem
aspire
alliteration
16. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
ellipse
hieroglyphic
sacrifice
virtuoso
17. Rude
impertinent
stereotype
gargoyle
protagonist
18. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
exult
light-year
deduction
antibody
19. Repetiton of the same sounds
parasite
alliteration
marsupial
jaunty
20. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
tumult
quota
flourish
polygon
21. Proper behavior or conduct
light-year
deduction
jaunty
decorum
22. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
light-year
flourish
yacht
symbiosis
23. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
gargoyle
phloem
undulate
quota
24. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
protagonist
camouflage
hieroglyphic
mosaic
25. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
aspire
ultraviolet
repose
suffrage
26. To crouch back in fear
pulverize
cower
hologram
unanimous
27. Peaceful - quiet - rest
tranquility
mutation
laconic
immune
28. A verb used as a noun: Working women
exult
nuisance
tumult
participle
29. Everybody agrees
xylem
silhouette
zoology
unanimous
30. To subtract.
deduction
dialogue
fallacy
quandary
31. Conversation
despondent
accentuate
dialogue
undulate
32. An elevated piece of land
deign
plateau
wretched
light-year
33. Picture writing.
hieroglyphic
exponent
vaccine
formidable
34. Outlaw
analogy
quota
renegade
laconic
35. Maze
chronology
eclectic
labyrinth
rain forest
36. 3d image.
quandary
ultraviolet
hologram
impertinent
37. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
antibody
vaccine
stereotype
tempo
38. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
laconic
vacillate
guerrilla
tumult
39. To have a great ambition
aspire
spectrum
solstice
exponent
40. Annoying
tariff
nuisance
hologram
random
41. Plan
strategy
guerrilla
nuisance
solstice
42. Noisy - violent
deduction
marsupial
hologram
boisterous
43. To draw back from
guru
stereotype
recede
tumult
44. To honor memory of
commemorate
nuisance
deduction
parasite
45. Characterized by physical misery
renegade
inference
heritage
wretched
46. Plant tissue that conducts food
phloem
pulverize
enthusiastic
introspection
47. Active at night
metaphor
vacillate
hypocrisy
nocturnal
48. Not true. false. lie.
xylem
nocturnal
fallacy
metaphor
49. A poisonous substance
embargo
mutation
hieroglyphic
toxin
50. The act of giving up something valued
guerrilla
pulverize
renaissance
sacrifice