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100 Words For Every Middleschooler
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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. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
bluff
foresight
impending
pertinent
2. The power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance
ominous
stamina
falter
foresight
3. Poise - assurance - great self-confidence; perpendicularity
serenity
engross
aplomb
furtive
4. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
impending
brandish
furtive
cunning
5. To tell a story or describe a series of events
diminish
headway
narrate
scurry
6. Eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm
adversary
vigilant
waver
gusto
7. Gather or bring together -
muster
falter
waver
sociable
8. Quick and skillful in movement
deft
cunning
meander
restitution
9. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
swarm
barricade
debris
ignite
10. Very steep or overhanging place; cliff
contortion
precipice
terse
sabotage
11. Overbearing - arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing - compelling
circumference
imperious
multitude
emerge
12. Causing gloom or depression
debris
meander
dismal
pristine
13. To calm down; to put down or suppress; to put an end to
meticulous
falter
quell
sabotage
14. A large indefinite number
multitude
debris
dismal
ominous
15. Make lighter or brighter
apprehensive
jut
jostle
illuminate
16. The quality of being calm - peaceful - or untroubled
serenity
materialize
disdain
headway
17. To become less active or violent
subside
jabber
apprehensive
aptitude
18. Arousing wonder and fear - as if supernatural; eerie
uncanny
dismal
illuminate
subside
19. To set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
dispel
kindle
circumference
imperious
20. Very serious or sad
vulnerable
tactic
pertinent
somber
21. Continuing in an unchanging tone; wearying
dispel
versatile
gusto
monotonous
22. The ability to grow - develop - or improve
furtive
potential
waft
banish
23. To enliven - cheer - give spirit or liveliness to syn- stimulate - excite - gladden ant- discourage - dispirit - dishearten - inhibit
eavesdrop
exhilerate
tactic
ominous
24. Cleverness; slyness
cunning
uncanny
apprehensive
pristine
25. Outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal
narrate
egregious
barricade
engross
26. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
eavesdrop
illuminate
conspicuous
bluff
27. Unconventional; strange
persistent
serenity
outlandish
dismal
28. Very tiring - calling for an extreme effort
scarcity
fragrance
subside
grueling
29. Related to the matter at hand
pertinent
obscure
misgivings
adversary
30. Indicating opposition or resistance
materialize
aptitude
counter
recluse
31. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
monotonous
obscure
malleable
diminish
32. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
narrate
eavesdrop
precipice
fragrance
33. To cause to separate and go in different directions
conspicuous
dispel
vulnerable
sabotage
34. Item that is studied by scientists as an example of an entire set of things
stamina
brackish
persistent
specimen
35. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
waver
jut
ember
repugnant
36. Having varied uses or functions
jut
circumference
brackish
versatile
37. To mislead or deceive; to fake
illuminate
translucent
bluff
muster
38. Actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
exasperation
grueling
potential
multitude
39. Not pleasant to look at; unattractive
grueling
defiance
unsightly
weather
40. 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
specimen
engross
debris
41. To move back and forth or to be unsure or weak
waver
dismal
zeal
exhilerate
42. Talk in a noisy - excited - or declamatory manner
meticulous
jabber
illuminate
havoc
43. To run hurriedly w/ quick - short steps
scurry
restitution
barricade
muster
44. Fearful or anxious - especially about the future
bluff
apprehensive
meticulous
quell
45. Refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties
persistent
unsightly
ominous
contortion
46. The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g. - yourself)
replenish
contortion
counter
impending
47. Causing disgust or hatred; repulsive
vulnerable
repugnant
malleable
stamina
48. Done slyly or stealthily - sneaky - secret - shifty; stolen
vigilant
contortion
furtive
misgivings
49. To wander about - wind about; a sharp turn or twist
meander
misgivings
brackish
weather
50. 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
brackish
gusto
ember
attentive