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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. Cause to start burning
ignite
aptitude
unsightly
terse
2. Become known or apparent
emerge
precipice
uncanny
pristine
3. Gather or bring together -
apprehensive
exhilerate
muster
pristine
4. To return to normal health or strength; recover
conspicuous
foresight
recuperate
deft
5. Extremely careful; particular about details
jargon
contortion
restitution
meticulous
6. Refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties
headway
persistent
adversary
pertinent
7. An enemy - opponent
somber
translucent
adversary
serenity
8. Alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration
attentive
circumference
monotonous
defiance
9. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
barricade
eavesdrop
meander
potential
10. To wander about - wind about; a sharp turn or twist
vulnerable
furtive
meander
recuperate
11. To stick out - to project
headway
jut
unsightly
engross
12. A person who lives apart from society and often alone
unsightly
recluse
subside
specimen
13. A small rounded hill
contortion
adversary
knoll
precipice
14. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
fragrance
somber
persistent
malleable
15. Difficult to understand; partially hidden
ember
repugnant
obscure
serenity
16. Related to the matter at hand
defiance
pertinent
jabber
recuperate
17. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
pertinent
ember
fragrance
scurry
18. To calm down; to put down or suppress; to put an end to
impending
quell
dispel
fragrance
19. To become less active or violent
tactic
luminous
pristine
subside
20. Allowing light to shine through
replenish
foresight
aplomb
translucent
21. Slightly salty
uncanny
meander
brackish
momentum
22. Poise - assurance - great self-confidence; perpendicularity
aplomb
havoc
vigilant
specimen
23. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
emerge
bluff
pristine
ember
24. To drive away; to force to leave a place by official decree
exasperation
swarm
jut
banish
25. Causing disgust or hatred; repulsive
somber
repugnant
scurry
egregious
26. To hesitate - stumble - lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive - weaken - decline
ember
hasten
falter
concoction
27. The act of making a noisy disturbance
jabber
commotion
narrate
potential
28. Very steep or overhanging place; cliff
precipice
havoc
malleable
commotion
29. To tell a story or describe a series of events
vigilant
hasten
narrate
engross
30. Great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause - ideal - or goal
zeal
terse
impending
imperious
31. Capable of being harmed - damaged - or injured
recuperate
vulnerable
sabotage
bluff
32. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
brandish
diminish
jut
cunning
33. A large indefinite number
multitude
barricade
foresight
jut
34. To set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
contortion
serenity
uncanny
kindle
35. Enjoying the company of others; Friendly
quell
counter
sociable
meander
36. Brief and to the point; concise
monotonous
diminish
terse
waft
37. A large number of bees; a large number of moving people - animals - or insects
swarm
vulnerable
momentum
muster
38. The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
falter
destination
monotonous
specimen
39. An insufficient amount or supply; a shortage
grueling
narrate
scarcity
egregious
40. Progress toward a destination or a goal
obscure
headway
ignite
contortion
41. To walk in a way that makes it look as if you think you are important; strut
vigilant
swagger
habitation
adversary
42. To occupy the complete attention - absorb fully
scarcity
engross
swagger
defiance
43. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
debris
havoc
foresight
emerge
44. Very serious or sad
jut
aplomb
knoll
somber
45. Not pleasant to look at; unattractive
hasten
habitation
unsightly
multitude
46. Unconventional; strange
outlandish
specimen
weather
eavesdrop
47. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
aptitude
disdain
diminish
ember
48. An action that is planned to achieve a goal
exhilerate
knoll
dismal
tactic
49. To float easily and gently on the air; drift
waft
sabotage
subside
translucent
50. To move back and forth or to be unsure or weak
luminous
materialize
gusto
waver