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Vocabulary Word List:
Ability, Accuracy, Admiration, Advantage, AFL, Aggressive, All-star, Announcer, Appearance, Athlete, Attendance, Audible, Autographs, Average, Avoid, Awards, Awesome
Backfield, Balance, Beaten, Blindside, Blockers, Boost, Bowls, Broadcast, Brutal
Call, Carrier, Catches, Caution, Center, Champion, Charisma, Cheers, Clipping, Coach, Collegiate, Commercials, Competition, Conditioning, Conference, Conference, Confidence, Confrontation, Consecutive, Contract, Cornerback, Courageous, Cowhide, Crossbar, Crowd, Crush
Dangerous, Daunting, Decision, Dedication, Defeat, Defensive, Delay of game, Diagram, Direction, Disastrous, Discipline, Dispute, Division, Dominate, Dope, Double wing, Down, Down field, Draft, Drop back
Echelon, Electrifying, Eligible, End-zone, Endorsement, Ends, Endurance, Energetic enhance, Enshrine, Equipment, Excel, Execute, Exercise, Exhibition games, Expansion
Fame, Fans, Field judge, Fitness, Force, Forceful, Formation, Forward pass, Foul, Fracture, Frenzy, Fullback, Fumble
Games, Gear, Goal, Gridiron, Grievous, Grit, Guard
Half, Halves, Hash marks, Healthy, Heisman trophy, Helm, Hits, Holding, Hollering, Hostility, Huddle
Illegal procedure, Impact, Improvement, Inaugural, Inbound, Incomplete, Industrious, Ineligible, Injuries, Instinctive, Instructions, Integrity, Interception, Intercollegiate, Interference, Intermission, Interview, Ire
Jargon, Jeer, Jerk, Joy, Jubilation
Kick off
Lateral pass, Leader, Leadership, League, Limelight, Linebacker league, Lineman, Lockers, Loss
Maim, Manager, Match up, Maximize, Mayhem, Measurement, Medication, Menace, Metabolic, Midfield, Motivate, Muscles
Negotiate, Nemesis, NFL, Nimble, Noisy, Notoriety, Numbers
Offense, Offensive, Official, Offside, Opponent, Opportunity, Organization, Out of bounds, Outstanding, Ovation
Parallel, Participation, Passes, Passion, Pattern, Patterns, Penalties, Penalty, Percentage, Performance, Perspective, Photos, Pick, Pigskin, Planning, Players, Playoffs, Popularity, Position, Possession, Post season, Practice, Praise, Pressure, Prevention, Professional, Prohibited, Protection, Publicity, Punt
Qualify, Quarter, Quarterback, Quick, Quiver
Ranking, Ratings, Recognition, Record, Recruit, Red shirt, Referee, Rehabilitation, Reserve, Resilient, Retaliation, Revenue, Rival, Roll-out, Rough, Rush, Rushing, Ruthless
Score, Scoring, Scout, Scrimmage, Season, Sell out, Shift, Sidelines, Signal, Single wing, Skill, Skirmish, Snap, Spectacle, Speed, Spirit, Split-second, Sport, Sports page, Sportsmanship, Squad, Stamina, Standards, Steroids, Strain, Strategy, Streak, Strength, Stress, Success, Swagger, Sweep
T-formation, Tackle, Team, Teammate, Teamwork, Television, Threaten, Throw, Thwart, Tie, Timeout, Title, Together, Top-rated, Toss, Touchdown, Traditional, Trainer, Training, Try out, Turnover
Uniforms, Unusual, Urgency
Variation, Variety, Velocity, Victory, Violent, Vulnerable
Waiver, Warm up, Wind, Wing, Winning, Workout
X-rays
Yardage, Yells, Youth
Zeal, Zealous, Zigzag, Zone
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