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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. Poise - assurance - great self-confidence; perpendicularity
falter
furtive
knoll
aplomb
2. Causing disgust or hatred; repulsive
materialize
debris
falter
repugnant
3. To fill or make complete again - add a new stock or supply to.
waft
monotonous
jostle
replenish
4. Fearful or anxious - especially about the future
apprehensive
furtive
zeal
somber
5. Become known or apparent
somber
persistent
emerge
luminous
6. Gather or bring together -
specimen
muster
waver
tactic
7. To return to normal health or strength; recover
falter
narrate
monotonous
recuperate
8. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
versatile
somber
sociable
habitation
9. Causing gloom or depression
zeal
misgivings
exhilerate
dismal
10. To enliven - cheer - give spirit or liveliness to syn- stimulate - excite - gladden ant- discourage - dispirit - dishearten - inhibit
exhilerate
momentum
monotonous
impending
11. Capable of being harmed - damaged - or injured
imperious
impending
vulnerable
ominous
12. Done slyly or stealthily - sneaky - secret - shifty; stolen
vulnerable
furtive
terse
hasten
13. The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
jostle
commotion
emerge
adversary
14. To set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
ignite
uncanny
jabber
kindle
15. Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
outlandish
luminous
potential
jargon
16. To cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel
diminish
recluse
emerge
17. Very tiring - calling for an extreme effort
apprehensive
disdain
destination
grueling
18. Quick and skillful in movement
precipice
contortion
deft
knoll
19. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
swagger
replenish
brandish
destination
20. Very steep or overhanging place; cliff
stamina
deft
precipice
vulnerable
21. Talk in a noisy - excited - or declamatory manner
quell
bluff
jabber
jostle
22. Actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
scarcity
destination
meander
exasperation
23. Outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal
egregious
vulnerable
concoction
cunning
24. Enjoying the company of others; Friendly
muster
sociable
foresight
kindle
25. Allowing light to shine through
impending
translucent
ember
dispel
26. 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
apprehensive
attentive
muster
serenity
27. Arousing wonder and fear - as if supernatural; eerie
uncanny
multitude
contortion
diminish
28. A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
waft
stamina
foresight
aptitude
29. Very great destruction - ruin; great confusion and disorder
havoc
knoll
kindle
zeal
30. Watchful - careful
emerge
vigilant
barricade
exasperation
31. The force or speed with which something moves
momentum
outlandish
serenity
foresight
32. To make smaller or less
eavesdrop
diminish
translucent
engross
33. To calm down; to put down or suppress; to put an end to
quell
exasperation
brackish
aptitude
34. A large indefinite number
recluse
multitude
meticulous
specimen
35. An enemy - opponent
adversary
cunning
vulnerable
terse
36. Unconventional; strange
sociable
outlandish
adversary
apprehensive
37. To wander about - wind about; a sharp turn or twist
commotion
grueling
meander
dismal
38. To stick out - to project
circumference
knoll
waver
jut
39. Overbearing - arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing - compelling
imperious
waver
pertinent
jabber
40. To tell a story or describe a series of events
narrate
apprehensive
recuperate
obscure
41. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
malleable
ignite
adversary
precipice
42. Great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause - ideal - or goal
scurry
destination
contortion
zeal
43. The power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance
adversary
pristine
waft
stamina
44. The act of making a noisy disturbance
commotion
ember
replenish
hasten
45. Having varied uses or functions
brackish
misgivings
narrate
versatile
46. Item that is studied by scientists as an example of an entire set of things
momentum
specimen
translucent
brackish
47. To drive away; to force to leave a place by official decree
gusto
banish
apprehensive
engross
48. The ability to grow - develop - or improve
circumference
bluff
potential
scarcity
49. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
outlandish
waver
foresight
barricade
50. To mislead or deceive; to fake
gusto
eavesdrop
defiance
bluff