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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. A poisonous substance
toxin
hieroglyphic
bamboozle
technique
2. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
exponent
bizarre
deign
stereotype
3. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
immune
deduction
hypocrisy
sacrifice
4. Repetiton of the same sounds
alliteration
bizarre
sacrifice
omnivore
5. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
jaunty
boycott
quarantine
deign
6. Oval shaped.
ellipse
tranquility
quandary
virtuoso
7. An elevated piece of land
tundra
alliteration
aspire
plateau
8. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
quota
protagonist
strategy
bamboozle
9. Beat of music
guerrilla
silhouette
tempo
participle
10. To draw back from
analogy
parasite
recede
despondent
11. A specified amount of something
toxin
zoology
silhouette
quota
12. A verb used as a noun: Working women
vaccine
participle
aspire
hieroglyphic
13. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
ozone
metaphor
nuisance
vaccine
14. Method - way of doing something
sacrifice
inference
spectrum
technique
15. To refuse to use or buy from
nuisance
boycott
renaissance
parasite
16. To refuse trade with a country
guru
deduction
rain forest
embargo
17. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
boisterous
guerrilla
renaissance
impertinent
18. Stylish.
jaunty
despondent
tumult
ellipse
19. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
suffrage
inference
introspection
xylem
20. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
outrageous
accentuate
chronology
rain forest
21. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
outrageous
xylem
quarantine
participle
22. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
recede
divulge
ozone
inference
23. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
spectrum
laconic
fallacy
ultraviolet
24. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
technique
solstice
polygon
plateau
25. The right to vote
boisterous
suffrage
recede
marsupial
26. Move around
voracious
maneuver
decorum
mosaic
27. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
ozone
renegade
nocturnal
nebula
28. The act of giving up something valued
aspire
decorum
sacrifice
alliteration
29. Jolly
participle
jovial
tranquility
inference
30. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
stereotype
yacht
outrageous
nebula
31. An animal that has a backbone
guru
jaunty
vertebrate
cower
32. Organism that eats plants and animals
tumult
omnivore
wretched
divulge
33. Difficult to defeat
deduction
formidable
polygon
guerrilla
34. Tradition. something passed down.
tariff
tundra
heritage
inference
35. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
eclectic
jovial
recede
hypocrisy
36. To have a great ambition
quandary
decorum
metaphor
aspire
37. To honor memory of
wretched
dialogue
strategy
commemorate
38. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
outrageous
zoology
virtuoso
jaunty
39. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
omnivore
camouflage
flourish
embargo
40. Short answers
protagonist
laconic
silhouette
unanimous
41. A generalized belief about a group of people
embargo
omnivore
inference
stereotype
42. To bring out the best in
xylem
hieroglyphic
symbiosis
accentuate
43. Active at night
cower
nocturnal
marsupial
toxin
44. An extremely cold - dry biome
technique
antibody
despondent
tundra
45. Plan
strategy
recede
participle
eclectic
46. Annoying
nebula
eclectic
inference
nuisance
47. Everybody agrees
heritage
unanimous
boisterous
immune
48. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
nocturnal
gargoyle
ultraviolet
deign
49. Very talented at one thing.
guru
renaissance
spectrum
enthusiastic
50. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
repose
gargoyle
aspire
solstice