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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. Poisonous gas layer
ozone
plateau
jovial
boycott
2. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
quarantine
symbiosis
cower
exponent
3. Active at night
nocturnal
kilometer
xylem
quarantine
4. Maze
labyrinth
tariff
polygon
quota
5. To pound - crush - or grind
tempo
pulverize
silhouette
ozone
6. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
decorum
chronology
undulate
omnivore
7. The branch of biology that studies animals
hypocrisy
boycott
spectrum
zoology
8. Short answers
laconic
toxin
bizarre
random
9. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
light-year
symbiosis
plateau
decorum
10. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
ultraviolet
embargo
outrageous
tumult
11. Difficult to defeat
exponent
formidable
tranquility
sacrifice
12. Conversation
formidable
dialogue
undulate
solstice
13. Depression
guerrilla
cower
despondent
unanimous
14. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
undulate
cower
quota
nebula
15. Tradition. something passed down.
nebula
tempo
heritage
mutation
16. Peaceful - quiet - rest
boycott
tranquility
ellipse
deign
17. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
solstice
tumult
yacht
polygon
18. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
embargo
rain forest
laconic
tariff
19. Beat of music
vertebrate
renaissance
hieroglyphic
tempo
20. Jolly
ultraviolet
jovial
labyrinth
stereotype
21. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
ultraviolet
analogy
formidable
22. To bring out the best in
accentuate
introspection
repose
tempo
23. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
metaphor
protagonist
quandary
ozone
24. Plan
strategy
renaissance
boisterous
tempo
25. Fungi
vertebrate
tundra
enthusiastic
lichen
26. Everybody agrees
unanimous
decorum
jovial
solstice
27. Very talented at one thing.
silhouette
gargoyle
laconic
guru
28. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
quandary
metaphor
renaissance
solstice
29. Method - way of doing something
enthusiastic
technique
rain forest
boisterous
30. A specified amount of something
outrageous
cower
recede
quota
31. Outline of body
silhouette
aspire
protagonist
lichen
32. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
outrageous
tariff
parasite
solstice
33. An extremely cold - dry biome
hologram
tundra
bamboozle
nocturnal
34. Noisy - violent
tempo
tundra
boisterous
camouflage
35. Stylish.
laconic
deduction
outrageous
jaunty
36. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
guerrilla
marsupial
deduction
unanimous
37. An elevated piece of land
ellipse
nebula
immune
plateau
38. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
vacillate
lichen
omnivore
deduction
39. To trick
boycott
bamboozle
repose
rain forest
40. To subtract.
voracious
tundra
deduction
analogy
41. Making a guess. hypothesis.
gargoyle
decorum
inference
phloem
42. Characterized by physical misery
tundra
renaissance
wretched
outrageous
43. A tax or duty imposed by the government
aspire
nocturnal
undulate
tariff
44. Plant tissue that conducts food
hypocrisy
hologram
phloem
pulverize
45. To have a great ambition
hypocrisy
aspire
eclectic
boycott
46. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
laconic
jovial
voracious
eclectic
47. To refuse trade with a country
eclectic
sacrifice
marsupial
embargo
48. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
sacrifice
boycott
alliteration
deign
49. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
analogy
chronology
virtuoso
embargo
50. Protected from getting a disease.
vertebrate
symbiosis
commemorate
immune