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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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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. To have a great ambition
metaphor
fallacy
voracious
aspire
2. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
alliteration
tundra
outrageous
pulverize
3. 3d image.
spectrum
vertebrate
hologram
vaccine
4. A specified amount of something
vertebrate
gargoyle
quota
phloem
5. Mammal with a pouch
random
vertebrate
marsupial
silhouette
6. To subtract.
nocturnal
aspire
impertinent
deduction
7. Fungi
inference
tariff
lichen
outrageous
8. Annoying
nuisance
maneuver
stereotype
formidable
9. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
hypocrisy
accentuate
vertebrate
rain forest
10. Plan
divulge
strategy
enthusiastic
participle
11. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
tumult
guerrilla
accentuate
deign
12. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
commemorate
tariff
kilometer
camouflage
13. Short answers
xylem
laconic
vertebrate
sacrifice
14. An animal that has a backbone
light-year
spectrum
labyrinth
vertebrate
15. Things compaired without using like or as
metaphor
antibody
flourish
protagonist
16. Active at night
nocturnal
enthusiastic
yacht
silhouette
17. A generalized belief about a group of people
plateau
hieroglyphic
stereotype
impertinent
18. Change in gene or chromosome
analogy
repose
mutation
chronology
19. To draw back from
impertinent
renegade
formidable
recede
20. To bring out the best in
random
accentuate
enthusiastic
marsupial
21. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
vertebrate
introspection
parasite
symbiosis
22. To honor memory of
undulate
outrageous
commemorate
laconic
23. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
renaissance
metaphor
hypocrisy
accentuate
24. Not true. false. lie.
cower
flourish
fallacy
renegade
25. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
lichen
ultraviolet
camouflage
protagonist
26. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
rain forest
pulverize
toxin
strategy
27. Making a guess. hypothesis.
symbiosis
flourish
formidable
inference
28. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
tumult
ultraviolet
flourish
symbiosis
29. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
maneuver
exult
virtuoso
stereotype
30. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
accentuate
tranquility
parasite
voracious
31. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
formidable
immune
rain forest
solstice
32. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
light-year
jaunty
guerrilla
alliteration
33. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
ozone
gargoyle
mosaic
voracious
34. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
zoology
unanimous
stereotype
deign
35. Showing great excitment or interest
vacillate
quandary
enthusiastic
guerrilla
36. Rude
alliteration
antibody
impertinent
solstice
37. To refuse trade with a country
wretched
boisterous
embargo
metaphor
38. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
renaissance
undulate
xylem
tundra
39. The act of giving up something valued
aspire
sacrifice
ellipse
enthusiastic
40. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
immune
eclectic
nebula
analogy
41. An extremely cold - dry biome
tundra
rain forest
metaphor
chronology
42. Poisonous gas layer
fallacy
ozone
alliteration
nuisance
43. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
heritage
ozone
vacillate
hieroglyphic
44. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
analogy
protagonist
symbiosis
solstice
45. Peace - relax - calmness
mutation
tundra
repose
silhouette
46. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
antibody
renegade
undulate
stereotype
47. To rejoice.
undulate
gargoyle
exult
decorum
48. A poisonous substance
light-year
quarantine
toxin
renaissance
49. To trick
ozone
bamboozle
deduction
light-year
50. Oval shaped.
wretched
ellipse
protagonist
tranquility