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100 Words For Every Middleschooler
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To run hurriedly w/ quick - short steps
illuminate
gusto
scurry
meticulous
2. Continuing in an unchanging tone; wearying
monotonous
uncanny
potential
fragrance
3. Eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm
swagger
ember
quell
gusto
4. The quality of being calm - peaceful - or untroubled
serenity
commotion
meander
kindle
5. To become less active or violent
subside
habitation
muster
pristine
6. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
brandish
muster
luminous
materialize
7. Capable of being harmed - damaged - or injured
recuperate
specimen
jabber
vulnerable
8. Causing gloom or depression
ignite
jostle
dismal
exasperation
9. To drive away; to force to leave a place by official decree
recluse
impending
exhilerate
banish
10. Unconventional; strange
meander
diminish
restitution
outlandish
11. Quick and skillful in movement
waft
replenish
precipice
deft
12. An action that is planned to achieve a goal
tactic
engross
misgivings
illuminate
13. To become real or actual; to appear in physical form - especially suddenly
sociable
precipice
restitution
materialize
14. Slightly salty
brackish
narrate
diminish
emerge
15. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
restitution
meticulous
ember
narrate
16. Difficult to understand; partially hidden
obscure
precipice
serenity
swagger
17. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
waver
outlandish
replenish
eavesdrop
18. A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
imperious
precipice
barricade
momentum
19. Talk in a noisy - excited - or declamatory manner
brandish
somber
vulnerable
jabber
20. The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
potential
knoll
furtive
destination
21. To return to normal health or strength; recover
recuperate
headway
jostle
stamina
22. Allowing light to shine through
persistent
replenish
kindle
translucent
23. About to happen
gusto
impending
exasperation
luminous
24. Very serious or sad
jut
meticulous
somber
conspicuous
25. The power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance
stamina
exasperation
bluff
malleable
26. A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
jut
outlandish
aptitude
subside
27. Enjoying the company of others; Friendly
sociable
eavesdrop
zeal
recuperate
28. Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization
pristine
persistent
furtive
potential
29. To occupy the complete attention - absorb fully
waft
hasten
pertinent
engross
30. To wear away or change - as in color or surface texture - by exposure to the wind - rain - and other conditions of the atmosphere
weather
defiance
translucent
serenity
31. Not pleasant to look at; unattractive
counter
brackish
unsightly
falter
32. Cause to start burning
ignite
barricade
circumference
brackish
33. Great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause - ideal - or goal
narrate
zeal
quell
sociable
34. The force or speed with which something moves
momentum
narrate
precipice
repugnant
35. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
swarm
recluse
aplomb
debris
36. Item that is studied by scientists as an example of an entire set of things
specimen
vigilant
impending
vulnerable
37. Arousing wonder and fear - as if supernatural; eerie
uncanny
vigilant
repugnant
subside
38. A person who lives apart from society and often alone
commotion
momentum
attentive
recluse
39. Refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant
emerge
weather
defiance
circumference
40. Make lighter or brighter
contortion
emerge
illuminate
unsightly
41. An enemy - opponent
ember
adversary
havoc
illuminate
42. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
circumference
fragrance
quell
outlandish
43. Act or move at high speed
terse
hasten
misgivings
subside
44. Cleverness; slyness
cunning
kindle
pertinent
waft
45. Having varied uses or functions
brackish
pertinent
egregious
versatile
46. To hesitate - stumble - lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive - weaken - decline
falter
adversary
dismal
potential
47. Watchful - careful
restitution
pristine
habitation
vigilant
48. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
translucent
habitation
waft
replenish
49. To mislead or deceive; to fake
luminous
bluff
ominous
subside
50. Fearful or anxious - especially about the future
recluse
gusto
apprehensive
persistent