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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. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
nebula
inference
jaunty
exult
2. To refuse to use or buy from
boycott
ellipse
solstice
marsupial
3. Annoying
camouflage
mutation
nuisance
nebula
4. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
deign
yacht
hieroglyphic
bamboozle
5. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
ozone
ellipse
exponent
tumult
6. To refuse trade with a country
embargo
laconic
wretched
vertebrate
7. Everybody agrees
unanimous
fallacy
exult
parasite
8. To do well. to grow and develop
voracious
ultraviolet
spectrum
flourish
9. Difficult to defeat
formidable
metaphor
boisterous
unanimous
10. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
ellipse
deduction
outrageous
tundra
11. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
stereotype
undulate
phloem
technique
12. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
impertinent
mosaic
decorum
flourish
13. Plant tissue that conducts food
phloem
recede
repose
exult
14. An extremely cold - dry biome
tundra
wretched
toxin
plateau
15. Depression
embargo
mosaic
despondent
nocturnal
16. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
solstice
nuisance
hieroglyphic
exponent
17. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
jovial
camouflage
suffrage
chronology
18. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
recede
outrageous
gargoyle
hologram
19. Short answers
laconic
undulate
marsupial
solstice
20. Organism that eats plants and animals
jaunty
metaphor
maneuver
omnivore
21. Jolly
parasite
stereotype
lichen
jovial
22. To honor memory of
boycott
despondent
commemorate
zoology
23. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
laconic
analogy
mosaic
light-year
24. Isolation for a amount of time for an animal or person
deduction
quarantine
quandary
parasite
25. A specified amount of something
dialogue
gargoyle
tumult
quota
26. An elevated piece of land
cower
ellipse
plateau
immune
27. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
boisterous
renaissance
nuisance
technique
28. To crouch back in fear
cower
despondent
solstice
decorum
29. 1000 meters
inference
kilometer
guru
tundra
30. Peaceful - quiet - rest
boycott
inference
heritage
tranquility
31. The right to vote
tempo
suffrage
camouflage
unanimous
32. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
tempo
divulge
quarantine
marsupial
33. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
ultraviolet
light-year
jovial
tranquility
34. An animal that has a backbone
technique
renegade
vertebrate
cower
35. Not true. false. lie.
boycott
nebula
wretched
fallacy
36. Beat of music
alliteration
tempo
light-year
labyrinth
37. Repetiton of the same sounds
alliteration
technique
hypocrisy
accentuate
38. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
xylem
formidable
camouflage
hypocrisy
39. Very talented at one thing.
jovial
guerrilla
quarantine
guru
40. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
flourish
immune
mutation
vaccine
41. Change in gene or chromosome
hieroglyphic
boisterous
random
mutation
42. Mammal with a pouch
marsupial
mosaic
renaissance
jaunty
43. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
mosaic
tranquility
impertinent
protagonist
44. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
nocturnal
phloem
introspection
commemorate
45. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
renaissance
rain forest
introspection
participle
46. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
renaissance
quota
exponent
jovial
47. A poisonous substance
tempo
toxin
jovial
deign
48. Showing great excitment or interest
enthusiastic
unanimous
spectrum
plateau
49. To draw back from
protagonist
quarantine
tundra
recede
50. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
undulate
camouflage
hypocrisy
exult