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100 Words For Every Middleschooler
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Subjects
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Easy to notice; obvious
momentum
recluse
precipice
conspicuous
2. Refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties
disdain
eavesdrop
banish
persistent
3. To mislead or deceive; to fake
contortion
bluff
momentum
illuminate
4. Watchful - careful
ignite
brandish
vigilant
emerge
5. A person who lives apart from society and often alone
specimen
swarm
replenish
recluse
6. Allowing light to shine through
foresight
translucent
cunning
imperious
7. To become real or actual; to appear in physical form - especially suddenly
somber
terse
tactic
materialize
8. Unconventional; strange
scurry
outlandish
ember
restitution
9. Act or move at high speed
hasten
waft
contortion
pertinent
10. A large indefinite number
falter
jabber
ignite
multitude
11. To make smaller or less
terse
diminish
havoc
misgivings
12. To move back and forth or to be unsure or weak
concoction
apprehensive
waver
pertinent
13. A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
ember
outlandish
aptitude
furtive
14. Arousing wonder and fear - as if supernatural; eerie
falter
uncanny
swagger
pertinent
15. To become less active or violent
egregious
contortion
terse
subside
16. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
uncanny
eavesdrop
brackish
jargon
17. Slightly salty
jut
scurry
vulnerable
brackish
18. To wear away or change - as in color or surface texture - by exposure to the wind - rain - and other conditions of the atmosphere
apprehensive
banish
repugnant
weather
19. To fill or make complete again - add a new stock or supply to.
malleable
habitation
replenish
hasten
20. To set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
concoction
kindle
headway
muster
21. Outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal
outlandish
destination
ember
egregious
22. Make lighter or brighter
habitation
waver
egregious
illuminate
23. To cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel
jostle
conspicuous
jargon
24. (n) a deliberate act of destruction or disruption where equipment is damaged
sabotage
illuminate
brackish
engross
25. Causing disgust or hatred; repulsive
sabotage
pertinent
zeal
repugnant
26. To occupy the complete attention - absorb fully
ominous
jargon
engross
deft
27. Causing gloom or depression
dispel
unsightly
waft
dismal
28. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
fragrance
materialize
furtive
recuperate
29. Emitting or reflecting light - glowing; illuminating
sociable
luminous
repugnant
dismal
30. The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
disdain
destination
monotonous
contortion
31. Progress toward a destination or a goal
jut
brandish
headway
barricade
32. Fearful or anxious - especially about the future
exasperation
apprehensive
vulnerable
dismal
33. The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter
luminous
circumference
knoll
ignite
34. The act of making a noisy disturbance
meander
apprehensive
conspicuous
commotion
35. Continuing in an unchanging tone; wearying
deft
hasten
counter
monotonous
36. Great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause - ideal - or goal
foresight
circumference
zeal
luminous
37. The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
banish
jostle
malleable
defiance
38. Capable of being harmed - damaged - or injured
vulnerable
jabber
destination
aplomb
39. An enemy - opponent
adversary
pertinent
serenity
aptitude
40. To drive away; to force to leave a place by official decree
apprehensive
banish
adversary
swagger
41. Gather or bring together -
muster
swagger
jostle
headway
42. To enliven - cheer - give spirit or liveliness to syn- stimulate - excite - gladden ant- discourage - dispirit - dishearten - inhibit
exhilerate
specimen
weather
somber
43. Actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
kindle
tactic
momentum
exasperation
44. To stick out - to project
waver
disdain
jut
quell
45. Quick and skillful in movement
deft
cunning
ignite
ominous
46. Threatening or suggesting something bad is on the way
versatile
ominous
jostle
vulnerable
47. An action that is planned to achieve a goal
momentum
tactic
attentive
repugnant
48. About to happen
diminish
imperious
sociable
impending
49. Poise - assurance - great self-confidence; perpendicularity
banish
exhilerate
sociable
aplomb
50. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
somber
engross
tactic
ember