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100 Words For Every Highschool Freshman
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english
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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. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
introspection
yacht
omnivore
repose
2. Poisonous gas layer
ultraviolet
ozone
aspire
fallacy
3. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
mutation
random
impertinent
gargoyle
4. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
tundra
protagonist
alliteration
light-year
5. A specified amount of something
protagonist
parasite
quota
embargo
6. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
tempo
parasite
repose
exult
7. Maze
xylem
chronology
tundra
labyrinth
8. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
symbiosis
embargo
aspire
plateau
9. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
participle
vaccine
solstice
labyrinth
10. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
gargoyle
deign
fallacy
jovial
11. Rude
accentuate
wretched
zoology
impertinent
12. An extremely cold - dry biome
plateau
ozone
heritage
tundra
13. A verb used as a noun: Working women
participle
technique
omnivore
deduction
14. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
ultraviolet
embargo
guerrilla
inference
15. Move around
tariff
immune
labyrinth
maneuver
16. Tradition. something passed down.
formidable
spectrum
maneuver
heritage
17. Order of events. sequence of events.
chronology
cower
phloem
toxin
18. Repetiton of the same sounds
inference
metaphor
alliteration
dialogue
19. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
guru
despondent
rain forest
tranquility
20. The act of giving up something valued
fallacy
sacrifice
analogy
hieroglyphic
21. The right to vote
alliteration
hologram
enthusiastic
suffrage
22. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
boisterous
suffrage
tempo
introspection
23. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
guerrilla
quandary
tundra
undulate
24. 3d image.
hologram
despondent
accentuate
introspection
25. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
vaccine
rain forest
strategy
undulate
26. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
gargoyle
exult
xylem
renegade
27. Stylish.
aspire
light-year
jaunty
phloem
28. Outlaw
cower
quarantine
renegade
voracious
29. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
plateau
hypocrisy
flourish
enthusiastic
30. Method - way of doing something
plateau
flourish
technique
ozone
31. Things compaired without using like or as
strategy
spectrum
metaphor
undulate
32. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
antibody
voracious
pulverize
formidable
33. To rejoice.
phloem
exult
repose
guru
34. To refuse to use or buy from
polygon
heritage
ellipse
boycott
35. Everybody agrees
tumult
rain forest
unanimous
exponent
36. To crouch back in fear
cower
wretched
marsupial
plateau
37. Oval shaped.
fallacy
ellipse
enthusiastic
commemorate
38. To draw back from
rain forest
participle
hieroglyphic
recede
39. Change in gene or chromosome
mutation
inference
dialogue
analogy
40. The branch of biology that studies animals
jovial
zoology
random
nebula
41. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
quarantine
tranquility
voracious
cower
42. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
quarantine
eclectic
hypocrisy
mosaic
43. An elevated piece of land
plateau
rain forest
participle
vaccine
44. To trick
kilometer
bamboozle
formidable
strategy
45. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
protagonist
tariff
spectrum
wretched
46. To have a great ambition
laconic
aspire
protagonist
phloem
47. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
hologram
solstice
mosaic
undulate
48. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
renaissance
outrageous
pulverize
voracious
49. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
exult
polygon
phloem
kilometer
50. Fungi
light-year
hologram
lichen
xylem