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100 Words For Every Middleschooler
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Indicating opposition or resistance
furtive
counter
fragrance
ominous
2. To enliven - cheer - give spirit or liveliness to syn- stimulate - excite - gladden ant- discourage - dispirit - dishearten - inhibit
vigilant
recuperate
exhilerate
eavesdrop
3. Very great destruction - ruin; great confusion and disorder
somber
destination
havoc
cunning
4. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
defiance
foresight
meticulous
barricade
5. An insufficient amount or supply; a shortage
scarcity
narrate
adversary
deft
6. The quality of being calm - peaceful - or untroubled
illuminate
serenity
dispel
subside
7. Causing gloom or depression
dismal
tactic
contortion
outlandish
8. Great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause - ideal - or goal
zeal
circumference
jut
barricade
9. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
debris
malleable
havoc
dismal
10. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
contortion
tactic
ember
vulnerable
11. Refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties
obscure
persistent
impending
precipice
12. To mislead or deceive; to fake
concoction
vulnerable
monotonous
bluff
13. Continuing in an unchanging tone; wearying
ominous
monotonous
unsightly
recuperate
14. Easy to notice; obvious
scurry
conspicuous
potential
sociable
15. To set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
potential
tactic
kindle
somber
16. Arousing wonder and fear - as if supernatural; eerie
uncanny
obscure
terse
malleable
17. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
potential
eavesdrop
vigilant
ominous
18. To become real or actual; to appear in physical form - especially suddenly
materialize
outlandish
subside
pristine
19. The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
cunning
precipice
knoll
jostle
20. To run hurriedly w/ quick - short steps
specimen
terse
scurry
eavesdrop
21. Act or move at high speed
hasten
jabber
deft
concoction
22. Threatening or suggesting something bad is on the way
potential
aptitude
jabber
ominous
23. Eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm
knoll
vulnerable
gusto
misgivings
24. The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
grueling
destination
circumference
knoll
25. To occupy the complete attention - absorb fully
furtive
cunning
tactic
engross
26. To calm down; to put down or suppress; to put an end to
banish
deft
impending
quell
27. To return to normal health or strength; recover
meander
zeal
recuperate
egregious
28. Very tiring - calling for an extreme effort
grueling
potential
contortion
multitude
29. A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
monotonous
uncanny
terse
aptitude
30. Poise - assurance - great self-confidence; perpendicularity
habitation
aplomb
versatile
terse
31. About to happen
impending
emerge
foresight
narrate
32. The power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance
recluse
specimen
grueling
stamina
33. The act of making a noisy disturbance
scarcity
terse
replenish
commotion
34. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
muster
stamina
brandish
impending
35. Slightly salty
deft
brackish
illuminate
jabber
36. Cleverness; slyness
cunning
zeal
persistent
muster
37. To float easily and gently on the air; drift
waft
quell
specimen
counter
38. Progress toward a destination or a goal
headway
jargon
eavesdrop
commotion
39. Done slyly or stealthily - sneaky - secret - shifty; stolen
scurry
furtive
somber
translucent
40. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
habitation
imperious
brackish
grueling
41. The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage
disdain
foresight
terse
restitution
42. Brief and to the point; concise
stamina
terse
jostle
eavesdrop
43. Emitting or reflecting light - glowing; illuminating
luminous
aplomb
apprehensive
imperious
44. To hesitate - stumble - lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive - weaken - decline
somber
falter
scurry
furtive
45. Difficult to understand; partially hidden
quell
commotion
multitude
obscure
46. Capable of being harmed - damaged - or injured
recluse
repugnant
attentive
vulnerable
47. Gather or bring together -
falter
versatile
muster
scarcity
48. An action that is planned to achieve a goal
tactic
multitude
jut
recluse
49. To cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel
disdain
brackish
swarm
50. Very serious or sad
multitude
somber
meander
ignite