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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. Noisy - violent
hypocrisy
embargo
labyrinth
boisterous
2. Mammal with a pouch
chronology
participle
laconic
marsupial
3. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
hieroglyphic
strategy
outrageous
vacillate
4. To rejoice.
jaunty
exult
antibody
cower
5. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
phloem
divulge
marsupial
heritage
6. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
commemorate
deduction
protagonist
wretched
7. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
quandary
introspection
hypocrisy
inference
8. Picture writing.
polygon
heritage
hieroglyphic
rain forest
9. Depression
yacht
despondent
plateau
maneuver
10. To pound - crush - or grind
sacrifice
tariff
unanimous
pulverize
11. Peaceful - quiet - rest
enthusiastic
tranquility
tempo
phloem
12. Annoying
kilometer
embargo
nuisance
polygon
13. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
commemorate
virtuoso
outrageous
analogy
14. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
introspection
deign
vaccine
voracious
15. Move around
solstice
plateau
maneuver
gargoyle
16. Making a guess. hypothesis.
silhouette
inference
polygon
mutation
17. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
strategy
voracious
despondent
protagonist
18. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
guru
maneuver
boisterous
solstice
19. Jolly
marsupial
alliteration
jovial
hieroglyphic
20. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
antibody
suffrage
gargoyle
guerrilla
21. Oval shaped.
ellipse
guru
eclectic
solstice
22. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
polygon
jaunty
cower
outrageous
23. To do well. to grow and develop
despondent
tempo
eclectic
flourish
24. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
wretched
tariff
gargoyle
zoology
25. Very talented at one thing.
guru
guerrilla
quandary
silhouette
26. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
tariff
sacrifice
hypocrisy
quandary
27. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
nuisance
light-year
tumult
divulge
28. To draw back from
guru
decorum
recede
rain forest
29. To trick
boisterous
nebula
chronology
bamboozle
30. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
omnivore
parasite
bizarre
lichen
31. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
unanimous
mosaic
quandary
hypocrisy
32. Repetiton of the same sounds
alliteration
nebula
wretched
ozone
33. Protected from getting a disease.
cower
undulate
hieroglyphic
immune
34. Organism that eats plants and animals
camouflage
zoology
phloem
omnivore
35. Plan
jovial
polygon
vertebrate
strategy
36. To subtract.
rain forest
introspection
deduction
aspire
37. Fungi
exponent
lichen
toxin
repose
38. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
hieroglyphic
nebula
virtuoso
deign
39. Characterized by physical misery
wretched
quota
exult
parasite
40. Outline of body
cower
random
bamboozle
silhouette
41. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
flourish
quota
jaunty
xylem
42. Peace - relax - calmness
nuisance
repose
hieroglyphic
cower
43. A tax or duty imposed by the government
laconic
virtuoso
tariff
commemorate
44. Rude
impertinent
flourish
participle
spectrum
45. Harmful rays from sun - one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun.
symbiosis
ultraviolet
mutation
mosaic
46. Everybody agrees
jaunty
aspire
unanimous
eclectic
47. Active at night
embargo
flourish
gargoyle
nocturnal
48. Change in gene or chromosome
mutation
chronology
hologram
accentuate
49. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
polygon
immune
xylem
50. Quiet. thinks deeply to themselves.
tundra
introspection
vertebrate
laconic