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100 Words For Every Middleschooler
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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. To become real or actual; to appear in physical form - especially suddenly
weather
tactic
materialize
vulnerable
2. Become known or apparent
tactic
eavesdrop
falter
emerge
3. Gather or bring together -
brandish
muster
ominous
circumference
4. A person who lives apart from society and often alone
jargon
recluse
pristine
monotonous
5. Very great destruction - ruin; great confusion and disorder
gusto
kindle
imperious
havoc
6. Very tiring - calling for an extreme effort
diminish
grueling
circumference
swarm
7. Cleverness; slyness
cunning
swarm
brackish
versatile
8. To make smaller or less
barricade
diminish
potential
waver
9. Great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause - ideal - or goal
zeal
cunning
pristine
exasperation
10. Talk in a noisy - excited - or declamatory manner
havoc
momentum
gusto
jabber
11. Feelings of uncertainty - apprehension
concoction
misgivings
jut
conspicuous
12. Make lighter or brighter
fragrance
eavesdrop
multitude
illuminate
13. An insufficient amount or supply; a shortage
falter
zeal
waft
scarcity
14. Emitting or reflecting light - glowing; illuminating
circumference
eavesdrop
jut
luminous
15. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
uncanny
dispel
cunning
ember
16. Related to the matter at hand
potential
meticulous
pertinent
gusto
17. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
unsightly
falter
brandish
commotion
18. Progress toward a destination or a goal
emerge
knoll
headway
defiance
19. Very steep or overhanging place; cliff
habitation
grueling
precipice
malleable
20. A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
barricade
aplomb
pertinent
disdain
21. Causing disgust or hatred; repulsive
circumference
pristine
repugnant
malleable
22. To move back and forth or to be unsure or weak
exasperation
engross
waver
swagger
23. A large indefinite number
somber
multitude
vulnerable
concoction
24. Allowing light to shine through
translucent
tactic
gusto
potential
25. The power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance
counter
stamina
meticulous
fragrance
26. Causing gloom or depression
dismal
cunning
precipice
materialize
27. To float easily and gently on the air; drift
dismal
waft
furtive
replenish
28. About to happen
luminous
jut
recluse
impending
29. An enemy - opponent
exhilerate
adversary
persistent
uncanny
30. Arousing wonder and fear - as if supernatural; eerie
multitude
emerge
dispel
uncanny
31. To run hurriedly w/ quick - short steps
headway
scurry
repugnant
jostle
32. Act or move at high speed
unsightly
recuperate
pertinent
hasten
33. The act of making a noisy disturbance
commotion
counter
habitation
brackish
34. The ability to grow - develop - or improve
potential
scurry
deft
muster
35. To wear away or change - as in color or surface texture - by exposure to the wind - rain - and other conditions of the atmosphere
weather
pertinent
potential
jostle
36. The quality of being calm - peaceful - or untroubled
subside
meander
translucent
serenity
37. The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter
tactic
circumference
muster
recluse
38. A large number of bees; a large number of moving people - animals - or insects
concoction
outlandish
disdain
swarm
39. The force or speed with which something moves
tactic
eavesdrop
momentum
bluff
40. Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
jargon
brandish
eavesdrop
knoll
41. A small rounded hill
contortion
ignite
jabber
knoll
42. To mislead or deceive; to fake
potential
bluff
contortion
jabber
43. Difficult to understand; partially hidden
somber
potential
jostle
obscure
44. To stick out - to project
swagger
emerge
repugnant
jut
45. Indicating opposition or resistance
pertinent
counter
recuperate
luminous
46. Unconventional; strange
stamina
deft
ominous
outlandish
47. The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage
restitution
jargon
repugnant
sociable
48. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
versatile
falter
disdain
weather
49. Refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant
gusto
defiance
fragrance
materialize
50. Slightly salty
swagger
gusto
contortion
brackish