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100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know
by Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries (Editor)
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100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know
Does your vocabulary measure up? A confident command of a growing vocabulary is one of the best indicators of achievement in school. Building on the success of the popular 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know, the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries are pleased to introduce a new list of words geared toward the reading level expected of high school freshmen. With its attractive format and thoughtful word selection, 100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know will spur students to add new words to their vocabularies as they make the important transition from middle school to high school. Summer vacation is a time for kids to get out and have fun. But it should not be a time for kids to forget what they learned in class the previous year or what they'll need to know next year. We have pulled 65 words from this list one for each summer vacation weekday to give students a head start on the coming school year. The sun ( ) indicates which words your child should learn when school is closed and the sun is shining . . .
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The following is the entire list of 100 words: 1. accentuate 2. alliteration 3. analogy 4. antibody 5. aspire 6. bamboozle 7. bizarre 8. boisterous 9. boycott 10. camouflage 11. chronology 12. commemorate 13. cower 14. decorum 15. deduction 16. deign 17. despondent 18. dialogue 19. divulge 20. eclectic 21. ellipse 22. embargo 23. enthusiastic 24. exponent 25. exult 26. fallacy 27. flourish 28. formidable 29. gargoyle 30. guerrilla 31. guru 32. heritage 33. hieroglyphic 34. hologram 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. hypocrisy immune impertinent inference introspection jaunty jovial kilometer labyrinth laconic lichen light-year maneuver marsupial metaphor mosaic 51. mutation nebula nocturnal nuisance omnivore outrageous ozone parasite participle phloem plateau polygon protagonist pulverize quandary quarantine quota rainforest 69. random 70. recede 71. renaissance 72. renegade 73. repose 74. sacrifice 75. silhouette 76. solstice 77. spectrum 78. stereotype 79. strategy 80. suffrage 81. symbiosis 82. tariff 83. technique 84. tempo 85. toxin 86. tranquility 87. tumult 88. tundra 89. ultraviolet 90. unanimous 91. undulate 92. vaccine 93. vacillate 94. vertebrate 95. virtuoso 96. voracious 97. wretched 98. xylem 99. yacht 100. zoology
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