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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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english
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vocabulary
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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 specified amount of something
divulge
quota
jovial
hologram
2. To rejoice.
yacht
gargoyle
kilometer
exult
3. Peace - relax - calmness
hieroglyphic
formidable
wretched
repose
4. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
metaphor
guerrilla
analogy
vaccine
5. Protected from getting a disease.
stereotype
immune
ellipse
spectrum
6. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
vaccine
mosaic
light-year
antibody
7. Move around
embargo
decorum
maneuver
ellipse
8. Repetiton of the same sounds
strategy
embargo
tumult
alliteration
9. Isolation for a amount of time for an animal or person
polygon
embargo
quarantine
tundra
10. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
alliteration
eclectic
omnivore
vacillate
11. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
vaccine
commemorate
quarantine
spectrum
12. 1000 meters
kilometer
vaccine
inference
outrageous
13. To pound - crush - or grind
light-year
random
pulverize
quandary
14. The branch of biology that studies animals
ellipse
chronology
zoology
nuisance
15. Making a guess. hypothesis.
inference
symbiosis
quarantine
outrageous
16. Very talented at one thing.
marsupial
stereotype
pulverize
guru
17. To bring out the best in
tempo
nuisance
accentuate
maneuver
18. To subtract.
boycott
kilometer
deduction
tempo
19. Mammal with a pouch
mosaic
marsupial
tundra
jovial
20. Not true. false. lie.
jovial
aspire
silhouette
fallacy
21. An animal that has a backbone
voracious
vertebrate
kilometer
decorum
22. Plant tissue that conducts food
hieroglyphic
technique
phloem
boisterous
23. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
xylem
vaccine
tundra
maneuver
24. Conversation
boisterous
recede
tumult
dialogue
25. Characterized by physical misery
wretched
impertinent
accentuate
recede
26. Very strange or odd
cower
polygon
bizarre
silhouette
27. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
symbiosis
parasite
sacrifice
gargoyle
28. The right to vote
gargoyle
suffrage
jaunty
quarantine
29. A tax or duty imposed by the government
eclectic
phloem
tariff
nocturnal
30. To have a great ambition
ozone
aspire
suffrage
hologram
31. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
exult
toxin
solstice
divulge
32. Stylish.
tempo
jaunty
omnivore
polygon
33. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
ozone
recede
yacht
commemorate
34. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
cower
introspection
quandary
ozone
35. To refuse trade with a country
boycott
embargo
phloem
ellipse
36. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
wretched
camouflage
tumult
protagonist
37. Poisonous gas layer
kilometer
analogy
ozone
heritage
38. A verb used as a noun: Working women
undulate
participle
exponent
immune
39. The act of giving up something valued
sacrifice
light-year
symbiosis
inference
40. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
analogy
undulate
accentuate
ultraviolet
41. Annoying
exponent
lichen
ultraviolet
nuisance
42. Picture writing.
virtuoso
yacht
hieroglyphic
despondent
43. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
metaphor
ozone
tumult
eclectic
44. Rude
undulate
random
boycott
impertinent
45. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
impertinent
formidable
nebula
laconic
46. An extremely cold - dry biome
tundra
embargo
tumult
strategy
47. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
toxin
undulate
hieroglyphic
kilometer
48. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
vacillate
commemorate
jovial
quandary
49. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
camouflage
decorum
yacht
recede
50. Change in gene or chromosome
ellipse
tempo
immune
mutation