100 words every high school graduate should know
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samgarson5 on April 29, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 precipitous | extremely steep |
| quotidian | found in the ordinary course of events |
| recapitulate | repeat an earlier theme of a composition |
| reciprocal | concerning each of two or more persons or things |
| reparations | payment for damages after a war |
| sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful |
| soliloquy | a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections |
| subjugate | put down by force or intimidation |
| suffragist | an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) |
| supercilious | expressive of contempt |
| tempestuous | (of the elements) as if showing violent anger |
| totalitarian | characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control |
| unctuous | exaggeratedly or insincerely polite |
| usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
| vacuous | complacently or inanely foolish; stupid |
| vehement | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
| winnow | treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated |
| wrought | shaped; made |
| xenophobe | person afraid of foreigners |
| yeomen | An attendent, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household. |
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