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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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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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1. Noisy - violent
kilometer
boisterous
metaphor
commemorate
2. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
despondent
jovial
chronology
eclectic
3. Active at night
renaissance
nocturnal
cower
marsupial
4. Peace - relax - calmness
camouflage
omnivore
repose
technique
5. Characterized by physical misery
ellipse
wretched
laconic
flourish
6. Stylish.
alliteration
plateau
jaunty
decorum
7. To trick
bamboozle
deign
camouflage
zoology
8. Jolly
silhouette
jovial
tumult
polygon
9. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
impertinent
plateau
hypocrisy
jaunty
10. To refuse trade with a country
chronology
embargo
marsupial
enthusiastic
11. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
accentuate
mutation
solstice
light-year
12. To subtract.
nocturnal
mosaic
participle
deduction
13. To do well. to grow and develop
labyrinth
ozone
ultraviolet
flourish
14. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
spectrum
phloem
voracious
dialogue
15. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
divulge
protagonist
jaunty
renaissance
16. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
eclectic
vacillate
deign
undulate
17. Plan
strategy
dialogue
guerrilla
ellipse
18. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
nebula
pulverize
tumult
boycott
19. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
wretched
renaissance
yacht
marsupial
20. Rude
quarantine
dialogue
impertinent
tranquility
21. Move around
cower
maneuver
protagonist
yacht
22. Tradition. something passed down.
boisterous
strategy
heritage
metaphor
23. Conversation
dialogue
deduction
zoology
parasite
24. Maze
wretched
labyrinth
ozone
toxin
25. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
sacrifice
divulge
jaunty
analogy
26. Short answers
jaunty
technique
laconic
rain forest
27. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
ultraviolet
gargoyle
antibody
renegade
28. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
yacht
participle
deign
immune
29. Change in gene or chromosome
phloem
technique
mutation
light-year
30. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
guru
deign
xylem
vacillate
31. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
embargo
alliteration
protagonist
light-year
32. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
jaunty
tempo
tumult
random
33. 1000 meters
stereotype
kilometer
vacillate
divulge
34. A generalized belief about a group of people
stereotype
impertinent
cower
formidable
35. A specified amount of something
strategy
zoology
nebula
quota
36. To crouch back in fear
exult
accentuate
chronology
cower
37. Depression
quarantine
antibody
mosaic
despondent
38. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
tranquility
hieroglyphic
virtuoso
vertebrate
39. An elevated piece of land
renegade
virtuoso
pulverize
plateau
40. Beat of music
tempo
ozone
dialogue
undulate
41. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
ultraviolet
camouflage
ozone
toxin
42. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
exponent
nuisance
vacillate
commemorate
43. Things compaired without using like or as
metaphor
participle
formidable
exponent
44. The branch of biology that studies animals
zoology
antibody
jovial
silhouette
45. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
boycott
suffrage
mutation
guerrilla
46. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
deign
vaccine
lichen
rain forest
47. No pattern
tariff
random
stereotype
lichen
48. Method - way of doing something
technique
decorum
unanimous
despondent
49. To refuse to use or buy from
boycott
nuisance
vaccine
deduction
50. Fungi
lichen
laconic
outrageous
flourish