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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 pretense of having a virtuous character - moral or religious beliefs or principles - etc. - that one does not really possess.
protagonist
inference
toxin
hypocrisy
2. A specified amount of something
quota
mosaic
mutation
camouflage
3. Noisy loud - opposite of tranquility
nebula
zoology
yacht
tumult
4. The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts
tempo
heritage
renaissance
boycott
5. Characterized by physical misery
wretched
introspection
random
decorum
6. Condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion
quandary
wretched
quota
embargo
7. Peace - relax - calmness
nuisance
gargoyle
repose
boycott
8. Annoying
tariff
camouflage
nuisance
guru
9. The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants
xylem
commemorate
participle
light-year
10. Mutual helpfulness - specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
symbiosis
embargo
bizarre
rain forest
11. Very talented at one thing.
vaccine
quarantine
guru
nuisance
12. Fungi
unanimous
lichen
chronology
participle
13. The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year
guerrilla
aspire
light-year
formidable
14. To pound - crush - or grind
pulverize
participle
undulate
mutation
15. Short answers
rain forest
ozone
analogy
laconic
16. Picture writing.
zoology
divulge
hieroglyphic
formidable
17. Noisy - violent
boisterous
cower
toxin
strategy
18. A band of colors(rainbow) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors
spectrum
laconic
enthusiastic
suffrage
19. Maze
labyrinth
spectrum
exult
light-year
20. An extremely cold - dry biome
tundra
boycott
spectrum
fallacy
21. The leading character - hero - or heroine of a drama or other literary work
tariff
ultraviolet
protagonist
boisterous
22. To trick
alliteration
ozone
bamboozle
inference
23. Boat - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
inference
eclectic
yacht
tundra
24. Showing great excitment or interest
participle
nebula
tariff
enthusiastic
25. A poisonous substance
tundra
deign
toxin
eclectic
26. Move around
vertebrate
recede
immune
maneuver
27. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
light-year
introspection
undulate
deign
28. Shot that protects you from not getting something - a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria
vaccine
renaissance
accentuate
spectrum
29. A flat close shape with 3 or more sides
bamboozle
despondent
eclectic
polygon
30. Tradition. something passed down.
introspection
analogy
heritage
fallacy
31. Proper behavior or conduct
introspection
polygon
decorum
hologram
32. To subtract.
deduction
flourish
mutation
cower
33. Having a huge appetite - greedy - ravenous; excessively eager
exult
voracious
toxin
technique
34. Not true. false. lie.
fallacy
undulate
eclectic
tempo
35. Protected from getting a disease.
immune
protagonist
pulverize
boisterous
36. Stylish.
silhouette
light-year
jaunty
exult
37. A generalized belief about a group of people
jovial
recede
deduction
stereotype
38. The act of giving up something valued
sacrifice
recede
hologram
despondent
39. Military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands
lichen
suffrage
unanimous
guerrilla
40. Plan
voracious
tundra
stereotype
strategy
41. To crouch back in fear
boisterous
ultraviolet
cower
ozone
42. A protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs
symbiosis
laconic
jaunty
antibody
43. Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
nebula
polygon
rain forest
solstice
44. Exceeding all bounds of what is right
voracious
outrageous
fallacy
despondent
45. To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
maneuver
hieroglyphic
gargoyle
vacillate
46. To bring out the best in
accentuate
kilometer
despondent
light-year
47. Oval shaped.
vaccine
ellipse
wretched
metaphor
48. Evergreen trees with regular rainfall
spectrum
omnivore
rain forest
solstice
49. Making a guess. hypothesis.
exult
inference
deduction
wretched
50. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
tranquility
mutation
light-year