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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 vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
xylem
introspection
pulverize
plateau
2. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
voracious
ozone
solstice
outrageous
3. Small pieces put to together to make a picture
renegade
mosaic
virtuoso
participle
4. Active at night
nocturnal
jaunty
suffrage
divulge
5. Beat of music
technique
recede
tempo
analogy
6. To refuse to use or buy from
maneuver
parasite
boycott
vacillate
7. A pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
hypocrisy
fallacy
toxin
labyrinth
8. Difficult to defeat
formidable
alliteration
wretched
spectrum
9. Method - way of doing something
embargo
guerrilla
introspection
technique
10. To subtract.
mutation
quota
vacillate
deduction
11. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
spectrum
nuisance
flourish
pulverize
12. Poisonous gas layer
ozone
dialogue
lichen
undulate
13. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
recede
rain forest
metaphor
yacht
14. Characterized by physical misery
mutation
wretched
suffrage
renegade
15. Things compaired without using like or as
metaphor
vertebrate
formidable
aspire
16. Move around
maneuver
boisterous
despondent
phloem
17. Organism that gets it nourishment from another
nocturnal
parasite
quarantine
cower
18. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
inference
gargoyle
silhouette
rain forest
19. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
quandary
renaissance
aspire
kilometer
20. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
undulate
voracious
vaccine
guru
21. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
xylem
nebula
vacillate
nocturnal
22. Picture writing.
yacht
voracious
hologram
hieroglyphic
23. To trick
formidable
bamboozle
phloem
eclectic
24. Order of events. sequence of events.
deduction
accentuate
lichen
chronology
25. Peaceful - quiet - rest
laconic
tranquility
deduction
phloem
26. The right to vote
suffrage
nocturnal
metaphor
toxin
27. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
decorum
recede
renaissance
outrageous
28. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
symbiosis
voracious
exult
plateau
29. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
solstice
alliteration
spectrum
analogy
30. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
heritage
unanimous
bamboozle
antibody
31. Proper behavior or conduct
inference
spectrum
decorum
commemorate
32. Very strange or odd
marsupial
sacrifice
tariff
bizarre
33. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
solstice
tempo
guerrilla
light-year
34. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
random
inference
polygon
suffrage
35. The act of giving up something valued
sacrifice
impertinent
quota
spectrum
36. Outlaw
renegade
aspire
jaunty
hieroglyphic
37. 1000 meters
vertebrate
quarantine
yacht
kilometer
38. Repetiton of the same sounds
commemorate
alliteration
participle
marsupial
39. To rejoice.
light-year
exult
stereotype
boycott
40. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
metaphor
polygon
virtuoso
undulate
41. Making a guess. hypothesis.
jovial
inference
jaunty
decorum
42. A verb used as a noun: Working women
participle
lichen
decorum
exponent
43. Stylish.
bizarre
sacrifice
cower
jaunty
44. To crouch back in fear
stereotype
cower
vaccine
nuisance
45. Fungi
mutation
divulge
lichen
guerrilla
46. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
cower
bamboozle
symbiosis
mosaic
47. Depression
camouflage
despondent
quarantine
xylem
48. Very talented at one thing.
tranquility
fallacy
guru
nuisance
49. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
vacillate
guru
repose
antibody
50. A tax or duty imposed by the government
jaunty
parasite
tempo
tariff