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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Method - way of doing something
strategy
alliteration
technique
silhouette
2. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
divulge
solstice
analogy
marsupial
3. To subtract.
despondent
deduction
aspire
impertinent
4. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
nocturnal
deign
eclectic
embargo
5. To rejoice.
mutation
laconic
exult
labyrinth
6. Mammal with a pouch
impertinent
light-year
labyrinth
marsupial
7. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
jaunty
light-year
wretched
bamboozle
8. Characterized by physical misery
commemorate
wretched
stereotype
bizarre
9. Making a guess. hypothesis.
xylem
rain forest
inference
participle
10. Depression
despondent
guru
camouflage
marsupial
11. Annoying
nuisance
guru
recede
nebula
12. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
jovial
vacillate
undulate
stereotype
13. Outline of body
silhouette
nebula
renegade
outrageous
14. An extremely cold - dry biome
tundra
lichen
marsupial
flourish
15. Short answers
laconic
flourish
maneuver
solstice
16. Beat of music
wretched
boycott
tempo
virtuoso
17. Oval shaped.
xylem
tranquility
ellipse
exponent
18. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
rain forest
exult
hieroglyphic
vacillate
19. 1000 meters
repose
omnivore
kilometer
plateau
20. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
spectrum
voracious
accentuate
gargoyle
21. To pound - crush - or grind
light-year
pulverize
suffrage
introspection
22. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
repose
undulate
participle
hypocrisy
23. Everybody agrees
decorum
analogy
rain forest
unanimous
24. The act of giving up something valued
deign
dialogue
despondent
sacrifice
25. To refuse trade with a country
voracious
strategy
participle
embargo
26. 3d image.
flourish
accentuate
hologram
pulverize
27. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
stereotype
divulge
wretched
28. To crouch back in fear
cower
strategy
light-year
yacht
29. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
flourish
cower
aspire
nebula
30. To draw back from
tundra
deign
silhouette
recede
31. Very talented at one thing.
gargoyle
guru
ellipse
vacillate
32. Jolly
introspection
random
wretched
jovial
33. An elevated piece of land
hologram
formidable
undulate
plateau
34. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
deign
despondent
analogy
omnivore
35. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
unanimous
symbiosis
outrageous
embargo
36. Things compaired without using like or as
camouflage
metaphor
exult
yacht
37. Noisy - violent
boisterous
exponent
light-year
labyrinth
38. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
mosaic
jovial
heritage
nuisance
39. The branch of biology that studies animals
protagonist
zoology
tariff
marsupial
40. Organism that eats plants and animals
aspire
vaccine
omnivore
divulge
41. Conversation
embargo
dialogue
hypocrisy
alliteration
42. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
vaccine
marsupial
camouflage
tempo
43. To refuse to use or buy from
ozone
marsupial
quandary
boycott
44. Tradition. something passed down.
wretched
heritage
embargo
deign
45. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
maneuver
protagonist
tundra
quota
46. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
guerrilla
mutation
commemorate
lichen
47. Proper behavior or conduct
symbiosis
hieroglyphic
analogy
decorum
48. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
maneuver
flourish
lichen
49. Active at night
vaccine
xylem
laconic
nocturnal
50. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
recede
symbiosis
solstice
mutation