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100 Words
A High School Freshman Should Know
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English
9th Grade
08/03/2008

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Decorum
Definition
Appropriateness of behavior
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Deign
Definition
To do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
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Despondent
Definition
Feeling or showing profound hopelessness
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Fallacy
Definition
A deceptive, misleading, or false notion
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Impertinent
Definition
Insolently Rude
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Introspection
Definition
Contemplation on one's own thoughts
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Laconic
Definition
Using few words
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Nebula
Definition
Something that is hazy, cloudy, or fuzzy
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Participle
Definition
A form of a verb that can function independently as an adjective
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Phloem
Definition
Living tissue that carries organic nutrients
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Grenegade
Definition
A person who deserts a party for another
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Repose
Definition
To lie or be at rest
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Tumult
Definition
Violent or noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd
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Vacillate
Definition
To waver in mind or opinion
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Voracious
Definition
Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous
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Xylem
Definition
The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of the beginning of word sounds
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Accentuate
Definition
To make more obvious; to point out
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Analogy
Definition
Similarity or comparability
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Antibody
Definition
A protien the body creates to fight infection
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Aspire
Definition
To long, aim, or seek ambitiously
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Bamboozle
Definition
To confuse, bewilder
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Bizarre
Definition
Strange, weird
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Boisterous
Definition
Rough and noisy
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Boycott
Definition
Refusing to have dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
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Camouflage
Definition
Concealment by disguise or protective coloring
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Chronology
Definition
The sequential order in which events occur
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Commemorate
Definition
To honor the memory of by some observance; to serve as a memorial or reminder of
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Cower
Definition
Show submission or fear
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Deduction
Definition
The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning
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Dialogue
Definition
A conversation between two or more people
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Divulge
Definition
To disclose or reveal something private or secret
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Eclectic
Definition
Selecting individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
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Ellipse
Definition
An oval
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Embargo
Definition
A government order prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports
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Enthusiastic
Definition
Having or showing great excitement and interest
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Exponent
Definition
One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
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Exult
Definition
To show or feel a lively or triumphant joy
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Flourish
Definition
To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
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Formidable
Definition
Big, strong, better than
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Gargoyle
Definition
A grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal
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Guerrilla
Definition
A soldier with swift hit-and-run attacks
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Guru
Definition
Any person who counsels or advises; mentor
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Heritage
Definition
Something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth
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Hieroglyphic
Definition
The ancient Egyptian writing system
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Hologram
Definition
A digital three-dimensional image of an object
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Hypocrisy
Definition
A belief someone has that people should be one way, while they act another
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Immune
Definition
Protected from a disease or the like
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Inference
Definition
The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence
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Jaunty
Definition
Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
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Jovial
Definition
Full of joy and happiness; merry
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Kilometer
Definition
The metric unit of distance; equal to 1000 meters
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Labyrinth
Definition
A maze
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Lichen
Definition
A mossy plant-like thing
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Light-year
Definition
The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; equals approximatly 5.88 trillion miles
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Maneuver
Definition
A planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships
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Marsupial
Definition
Mammals of which the females have a pouch where the young are fed and carried
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparing two things without using the words “like” or “as”
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Mosaic
Definition
A picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone
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Mutation
Definition
A change or alteration, as in form or nature
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Nocturnal
Definition
To be mostly awake at night
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Nuisance
Definition
Annoying
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Omnivore
Definition
An animal who eats both plants and meat
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Outrageous
Definition
Grossly offensive to morality; being well beyond the bounds of good taste
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Ozone
Definition
An unstable, poisonous form of oxygen, that is formed naturally in the ozone layer
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Parasite
Definition
An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered bya different organism while contributing nothing to its host
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Plateau
Definition
An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land
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Polygon
Definition
A closed plane figure bounded by line segments
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Protagonist
Definition
The “good guy” in a story
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Pulverize
Definition
To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust
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Quandary
Definition
A state of uncertainty or perplexity
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Quarantine
Definition
Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement. Esp to prevent spread of disease
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Quota
Definition
A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group
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Rainforest
Definition
A dense evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 406 centimeters
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Random
Definition
Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective
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Recede
Definition
To move back or away from a limit
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Renaissance
Definition
The 'rebirth;' A timein the 14th century full of many fine art accomplishments
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Sacrifice
Definition
Forfeiture of something highly valued for one considered to have a greater value
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Silhouette
Definition
The outline of something
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Solstice
Definition
Time of year when the sun is its furthest from the celestial equator
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Spectrum
Definition
A range of values of a quantity or set of related quantities
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Stereotype
Definition
A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
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Strategy
Definition
A plan of action resulting from strategy or intended to accomplish a specific goal
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Suffrage
Definition
The right or privilege of voting; franchise
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Symbiosis
Definition
The living together of two dissimilar organisms
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Tariff
Definition
A tax on imported goods
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Technique
Definition
The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished
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Tempo
Definition
The speed at which music is or ought to be played
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Toxin
Definition
A poisonous substance
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Tranquility
Definition
The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity
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Tundra
Definition
A treeless area of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen soil
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Ultraviolet
Definition
The range of invisible radiation wavelengths just beyond the visible spectrum
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Unanimous
Definition
In complete agreement
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Undulate
Definition
To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion
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Vaccine
Definition
A weakened or killed pathogen used to prevent illness
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Vertebrate
Definition
Having a backbone or spinal column
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Virtuoso
Definition
A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts
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Wretched
Definition
Of a poor or mean character; dismal
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Yacht
Definition
Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels
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Zoology
Definition
The study of animals
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