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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. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
sacrifice
light-year
bamboozle
plateau
2. Annoying
nuisance
introspection
pulverize
quarantine
3. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
hypocrisy
impertinent
boisterous
cower
4. A poisonous substance
nocturnal
toxin
yacht
phloem
5. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
technique
jaunty
renaissance
quandary
6. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
voracious
outrageous
tumult
gargoyle
7. To crouch back in fear
lichen
cower
flourish
despondent
8. To refuse trade with a country
hieroglyphic
embargo
sacrifice
aspire
9. Change in gene or chromosome
nuisance
marsupial
toxin
mutation
10. 1000 meters
laconic
toxin
kilometer
outrageous
11. Organism that eats plants and animals
kilometer
omnivore
tranquility
protagonist
12. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
aspire
technique
introspection
wretched
13. Things compaired without using like or as
antibody
metaphor
deign
tariff
14. To honor memory of
commemorate
guerrilla
repose
sacrifice
15. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
eclectic
camouflage
spectrum
light-year
16. To bring out the best in
nocturnal
plateau
sacrifice
accentuate
17. An elevated piece of land
ultraviolet
commemorate
formidable
plateau
18. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
vertebrate
antibody
tundra
enthusiastic
19. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
suffrage
inference
metaphor
deign
20. The right to vote
suffrage
hypocrisy
analogy
dialogue
21. Math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 34 - 25 - 67)
exponent
vertebrate
laconic
analogy
22. The act of giving up something valued
sacrifice
boisterous
exult
quota
23. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
cower
hologram
flourish
outrageous
24. Very talented at one thing.
guru
polygon
boycott
alliteration
25. No pattern
virtuoso
random
decorum
cower
26. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
hieroglyphic
lichen
repose
solstice
27. Fungi
quandary
camouflage
maneuver
lichen
28. Depression
repose
undulate
despondent
quarantine
29. Very strange or odd
suffrage
protagonist
phloem
bizarre
30. To refuse to use or buy from
gargoyle
tariff
boycott
bamboozle
31. To rejoice.
spectrum
introspection
exult
marsupial
32. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
ozone
divulge
voracious
flourish
33. To pound - crush - or grind
solstice
tariff
quota
pulverize
34. A verb used as a noun: Working women
participle
ellipse
guerrilla
tundra
35. Move around
xylem
inference
maneuver
ellipse
36. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
antibody
laconic
decorum
parasite
37. Active at night
metaphor
nocturnal
eclectic
wretched
38. Rude
tariff
xylem
undulate
impertinent
39. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
gargoyle
symbiosis
aspire
zoology
40. A tax or duty imposed by the government
tumult
unanimous
camouflage
tariff
41. Short answers
laconic
gargoyle
phloem
jovial
42. Repetiton of the same sounds
quarantine
undulate
vacillate
alliteration
43. A specified amount of something
quota
fallacy
voracious
deduction
44. Peaceful - quiet - rest
tranquility
suffrage
marsupial
hologram
45. Jolly
wretched
alliteration
jovial
protagonist
46. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
random
deduction
mosaic
pulverize
47. Oval shaped.
nebula
ellipse
vaccine
alliteration
48. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
renegade
ellipse
undulate
vaccine
49. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
ultraviolet
parasite
jovial
gargoyle
50. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
suffrage
unanimous
spectrum
wretched