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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. A tax or duty imposed by the government
tariff
virtuoso
recede
mutation
2. Conversation
hieroglyphic
undulate
jovial
dialogue
3. To rejoice.
silhouette
exult
symbiosis
accentuate
4. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
xylem
spectrum
deign
gargoyle
5. Depression
eclectic
despondent
vacillate
tempo
6. To be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
outrageous
deign
hologram
light-year
7. To reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret)
jovial
divulge
ellipse
mosaic
8. Fungi
lichen
protagonist
tumult
parasite
9. Showing great excitment or interest
participle
hypocrisy
enthusiastic
boisterous
10. To bring out the best in
wretched
accentuate
metaphor
heritage
11. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
light-year
inference
jaunty
boycott
12. An animal that has a backbone
vertebrate
hieroglyphic
mutation
cower
13. 1000 meters
kilometer
quarantine
laconic
maneuver
14. A statue some people use to 'scare bad sprits away'
tranquility
hologram
gargoyle
undulate
15. To trick
bamboozle
ultraviolet
boisterous
deign
16. Picture writing.
analogy
kilometer
undulate
hieroglyphic
17. Random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod)
plateau
boisterous
eclectic
bizarre
18. Rude
toxin
impertinent
embargo
dialogue
19. Poisonous gas layer
ozone
eclectic
formidable
commemorate
20. An elevated piece of land
laconic
plateau
participle
marsupial
21. Not true. false. lie.
exult
impertinent
boycott
fallacy
22. Proper behavior or conduct
marsupial
nebula
introspection
decorum
23. A specified amount of something
xylem
quota
eclectic
protagonist
24. Maze
strategy
jovial
dialogue
labyrinth
25. Beat of music
introspection
camouflage
deduction
tempo
26. Move around
kilometer
maneuver
immune
hypocrisy
27. Method - way of doing something
participle
immune
divulge
technique
28. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
stereotype
jaunty
spectrum
quarantine
29. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
light-year
renegade
undulate
symbiosis
30. Annoying
fallacy
antibody
repose
nuisance
31. A generalized belief about a group of people
tranquility
stereotype
accentuate
nebula
32. The branch of biology that studies animals
flourish
gargoyle
antibody
zoology
33. Peaceful - quiet - rest
wretched
antibody
voracious
tranquility
34. Order of events. sequence of events.
chronology
camouflage
guru
fallacy
35. Very talented at one thing.
quandary
toxin
guru
antibody
36. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
voracious
toxin
tundra
37. Noisy - violent
pulverize
laconic
heritage
boisterous
38. A method of concealing or hiding military troops
deign
kilometer
quota
camouflage
39. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
marsupial
solstice
stereotype
decorum
40. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
antibody
suffrage
tumult
jovial
41. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
voracious
random
omnivore
nocturnal
42. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
marsupial
lichen
yacht
tumult
43. Comparing 2 things that are not alike
analogy
despondent
exult
ozone
44. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
divulge
polygon
jaunty
mutation
45. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
exponent
quota
nocturnal
protagonist
46. A poisonous substance
toxin
light-year
pulverize
exult
47. Stylish.
virtuoso
pulverize
stereotype
jaunty
48. Making a guess. hypothesis.
tariff
inference
commemorate
alliteration
49. Change in gene or chromosome
toxin
mutation
alliteration
labyrinth
50. Peace - relax - calmness
spectrum
repose
vertebrate
hypocrisy