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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. The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
concoction
swagger
vigilant
monotonous
2. Easy to notice; obvious
conspicuous
circumference
dismal
muster
3. The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g. - yourself)
weather
fragrance
pristine
contortion
4. To fill or make complete again - add a new stock or supply to.
ember
headway
replenish
exhilerate
5. Gather or bring together -
muster
multitude
persistent
meander
6. Make lighter or brighter
illuminate
waver
vigilant
quell
7. Very great destruction - ruin; great confusion and disorder
havoc
bluff
precipice
zeal
8. A small rounded hill
ignite
knoll
pertinent
precipice
9. Related to the matter at hand
pertinent
engross
jargon
restitution
10. 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
somber
pristine
gusto
attentive
11. Very serious or sad
swagger
contortion
persistent
somber
12. Cause to start burning
adversary
ignite
malleable
furtive
13. Indicating opposition or resistance
tactic
sabotage
counter
aptitude
14. Feelings of uncertainty - apprehension
meticulous
ominous
misgivings
havoc
15. To become real or actual; to appear in physical form - especially suddenly
materialize
specimen
impending
potential
16. Watchful - careful
vulnerable
vigilant
furtive
ominous
17. Allowing light to shine through
jargon
destination
pertinent
translucent
18. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
foresight
waver
gusto
versatile
19. To cause to separate and go in different directions
multitude
persistent
dispel
apprehensive
20. Outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal
egregious
serenity
monotonous
ominous
21. To set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
eavesdrop
luminous
kindle
ominous
22. The power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance
stamina
disdain
meander
emerge
23. Quick and skillful in movement
deft
imperious
counter
narrate
24. The force or speed with which something moves
momentum
waft
monotonous
unsightly
25. A person who lives apart from society and often alone
serenity
recluse
pertinent
obscure
26. To make smaller or less
kindle
diminish
disdain
materialize
27. To wander about - wind about; a sharp turn or twist
unsightly
circumference
eavesdrop
meander
28. The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter
dispel
circumference
tactic
counter
29. To become less active or violent
defiance
zeal
grueling
subside
30. To stick out - to project
adversary
illuminate
falter
jut
31. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
specimen
multitude
terse
brandish
32. To hesitate - stumble - lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive - weaken - decline
serenity
falter
jostle
deft
33. (n) a deliberate act of destruction or disruption where equipment is damaged
weather
swarm
sabotage
jabber
34. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
aptitude
emerge
jabber
eavesdrop
35. The act of making a noisy disturbance
contortion
potential
commotion
diminish
36. Talk in a noisy - excited - or declamatory manner
habitation
jabber
sabotage
aptitude
37. Cleverness; slyness
scarcity
gusto
cunning
obscure
38. Not pleasant to look at; unattractive
precipice
unsightly
disdain
jargon
39. Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization
pristine
bluff
outlandish
misgivings
40. The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
defiance
jostle
precipice
apprehensive
41. Causing disgust or hatred; repulsive
repugnant
apprehensive
debris
attentive
42. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
disdain
monotonous
meander
sociable
43. Very steep or overhanging place; cliff
impending
gusto
versatile
precipice
44. Threatening or suggesting something bad is on the way
subside
multitude
ominous
narrate
45. Progress toward a destination or a goal
scarcity
repugnant
knoll
headway
46. To occupy the complete attention - absorb fully
gusto
exhilerate
quell
engross
47. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
falter
quell
malleable
headway
48. Eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm
gusto
stamina
dismal
quell
49. Causing gloom or depression
dismal
specimen
commotion
knoll
50. Enjoying the company of others; Friendly
sabotage
sociable
muster
unsightly