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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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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. To fill or make complete again - add a new stock or supply to.
potential
replenish
uncanny
subside
2. Quick and skillful in movement
recluse
deft
barricade
habitation
3. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
havoc
habitation
fragrance
ignite
4. Very steep or overhanging place; cliff
adversary
concoction
quell
precipice
5. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
hasten
habitation
translucent
disdain
6. Very great destruction - ruin; great confusion and disorder
obscure
havoc
muster
stamina
7. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
tactic
brackish
eavesdrop
sabotage
8. A large number of bees; a large number of moving people - animals - or insects
obscure
swarm
impending
aplomb
9. Overbearing - arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing - compelling
imperious
malleable
ominous
potential
10. To tell a story or describe a series of events
scarcity
defiance
banish
narrate
11. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
sociable
restitution
falter
ember
12. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
waft
foresight
narrate
tactic
13. Cleverness; slyness
cunning
counter
specimen
brackish
14. Capable of being harmed - damaged - or injured
misgivings
potential
persistent
vulnerable
15. Eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm
gusto
engross
potential
aplomb
16. Easy to notice; obvious
tactic
barricade
conspicuous
eavesdrop
17. A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
muster
luminous
barricade
restitution
18. To move back and forth or to be unsure or weak
scarcity
waver
dispel
brandish
19. Cause to start burning
ignite
circumference
jostle
concoction
20. To stick out - to project
jostle
jut
restitution
conspicuous
21. Great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause - ideal - or goal
havoc
fragrance
aptitude
zeal
22. Refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant
jabber
kindle
dismal
defiance
23. To calm down; to put down or suppress; to put an end to
quell
scarcity
luminous
illuminate
24. The force or speed with which something moves
kindle
momentum
destination
stamina
25. The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g. - yourself)
contortion
persistent
terse
hasten
26. To wander about - wind about; a sharp turn or twist
meander
commotion
obscure
knoll
27. To walk in a way that makes it look as if you think you are important; strut
swagger
commotion
exhilerate
egregious
28. To return to normal health or strength; recover
serenity
muster
recuperate
concoction
29. Watchful - careful
grueling
aplomb
waft
vigilant
30. To set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
kindle
attentive
sociable
waft
31. Fearful or anxious - especially about the future
meander
apprehensive
brandish
gusto
32. Arousing wonder and fear - as if supernatural; eerie
luminous
waver
uncanny
ignite
33. Outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal
adversary
subside
egregious
specimen
34. Emitting or reflecting light - glowing; illuminating
luminous
unsightly
exasperation
somber
35. 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
outlandish
engross
attentive
barricade
36. Unconventional; strange
momentum
outlandish
jabber
debris
37. The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter
havoc
eavesdrop
circumference
subside
38. A person who lives apart from society and often alone
muster
vigilant
materialize
recluse
39. The power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance
diminish
defiance
precipice
stamina
40. To run hurriedly w/ quick - short steps
scurry
tactic
brandish
habitation
41. To cause to separate and go in different directions
ominous
sociable
dispel
impending
42. Very tiring - calling for an extreme effort
fragrance
zeal
contortion
grueling
43. An insufficient amount or supply; a shortage
uncanny
counter
scarcity
zeal
44. Feelings of uncertainty - apprehension
misgivings
pertinent
somber
aptitude
45. 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
emerge
habitation
foresight
46. Brief and to the point; concise
cunning
banish
terse
gusto
47. To make smaller or less
banish
havoc
diminish
replenish
48. Difficult to understand; partially hidden
brandish
obscure
deft
waft
49. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
adversary
habitation
destination
specimen
50. Slightly salty
bluff
recluse
waft
brackish