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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. Very serious or sad
malleable
somber
ignite
illuminate
2. Gather or bring together -
sociable
tactic
muster
unsightly
3. To drive away; to force to leave a place by official decree
defiance
hasten
banish
grueling
4. To calm down; to put down or suppress; to put an end to
vulnerable
furtive
exasperation
quell
5. To make smaller or less
diminish
subside
meticulous
bluff
6. Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization
kindle
serenity
counter
pristine
7. Watchful - careful
commotion
vigilant
exhilerate
recluse
8. Very steep or overhanging place; cliff
precipice
jostle
grueling
jabber
9. A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
counter
furtive
swagger
barricade
10. Difficult to understand; partially hidden
ignite
obscure
narrate
engross
11. The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g. - yourself)
meticulous
vulnerable
contortion
luminous
12. Threatening or suggesting something bad is on the way
specimen
translucent
ominous
replenish
13. Very great destruction - ruin; great confusion and disorder
havoc
obscure
eavesdrop
zeal
14. Become known or apparent
attentive
hasten
multitude
emerge
15. Poise - assurance - great self-confidence; perpendicularity
ignite
knoll
aplomb
recuperate
16. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
narrate
somber
weather
foresight
17. To enliven - cheer - give spirit or liveliness to syn- stimulate - excite - gladden ant- discourage - dispirit - dishearten - inhibit
exhilerate
jut
adversary
repugnant
18. A large number of bees; a large number of moving people - animals - or insects
waver
disdain
meticulous
swarm
19. The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
recuperate
debris
imperious
concoction
20. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
habitation
banish
muster
scurry
21. The force or speed with which something moves
scarcity
deft
momentum
contortion
22. Refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant
pertinent
defiance
vigilant
misgivings
23. Eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm
gusto
counter
meander
recuperate
24. Continuing in an unchanging tone; wearying
monotonous
illuminate
debris
translucent
25. Indicating opposition or resistance
impending
precipice
counter
terse
26. Overbearing - arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing - compelling
commotion
adversary
uncanny
imperious
27. Not pleasant to look at; unattractive
conspicuous
meander
tactic
unsightly
28. About to happen
swarm
dispel
impending
furtive
29. Done slyly or stealthily - sneaky - secret - shifty; stolen
furtive
exasperation
jostle
attentive
30. Outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal
banish
egregious
malleable
repugnant
31. To mislead or deceive; to fake
replenish
bluff
aptitude
jut
32. Brief and to the point; concise
meticulous
terse
somber
swarm
33. A small rounded hill
knoll
scarcity
sociable
defiance
34. Unconventional; strange
vigilant
grueling
somber
outlandish
35. Refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties
sabotage
stamina
persistent
diminish
36. Act or move at high speed
quell
hasten
jut
materialize
37. Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
pristine
impending
jargon
aplomb
38. Slightly salty
engross
brackish
adversary
jostle
39. An action that is planned to achieve a goal
potential
headway
tactic
scurry
40. Causing gloom or depression
barricade
hasten
deft
dismal
41. Talk in a noisy - excited - or declamatory manner
egregious
contortion
jabber
ignite
42. Fearful or anxious - especially about the future
commotion
egregious
apprehensive
muster
43. To tell a story or describe a series of events
narrate
banish
scurry
adversary
44. The ability to grow - develop - or improve
luminous
bluff
potential
uncanny
45. An enemy - opponent
adversary
dismal
momentum
misgivings
46. Extremely careful; particular about details
meticulous
disdain
jostle
obscure
47. To wear away or change - as in color or surface texture - by exposure to the wind - rain - and other conditions of the atmosphere
weather
adversary
uncanny
momentum
48. To wander about - wind about; a sharp turn or twist
somber
disdain
repugnant
meander
49. The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter
banish
jabber
commotion
circumference
50. Allowing light to shine through
translucent
waft
apprehensive
jargon