All 100 of the 100 Words Every Freshman Should Know!
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missgarrido on May 19, 2011
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English 9, Waterman, Mrs. Waterman's English, SPGG Language Arts 8th grade, The English Teacher's Friend, BSFC Sheridan, Vocab Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accentuate | to bring out the best in |
| alliteration | repetiton of the same sounds |
| analogy | comparing 2 things that are not alike |
| antibody | a protein in blood or tissues that protect you against certain germs |
| aspire | to have a great ambition |
| bamboozle | to trick |
| bizarre | very strange or odd |
| boisterous | noisy, violent |
| boycott | to refuse to use or buy from |
| camouflage | a method of concealing or hiding military troops |
| chronology | order of events. sequence of events. |
| commemorate | to honor memory of |
| cower | to crouch back in fear |
| decorum | proper behavior or conduct |
| deduction | to subtract. |
| deign | to be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity |
| despondent | depression |
| dialogue | conversation |
| divulge | to reveal private information; to spread something (like a secret) |
| eclectic | random. all over the place (like having all different types of music on an ipod) |
| ellipse | Oval shaped. |
| embargo | To refuse trade with a country |
| enthusiastic | showing great excitment or interest |
| exponent | math matic symbol for multipling a number by itself as many times the little number says (example: 3⁴ , 2⁵, 6⁷) |
| exult | to rejoice. |
| fallacy | not true. false. lie. |
| flourish | to do well. to grow and develop |
| formidable | difficult to defeat |
| gargoyle | a statue some people use to "scare bad sprits away" |
| guerrilla | military force that is not a part of a regular army and operates in small bands |
| guru | very talented at one thing. |
| heritage | tradition. something passed down. |
| hieroglyphic | picture writing. |
| hologram | 3d image. |
| hypocrisy | The act of claiming to have a belief that one does not really have, like a hypocrite |
| immune | protected from getting a disease. |
| impertinent | rude |
| inference | making a guess. hypothesis. |
| introspection | quiet. thinks deeply to themselves. |
| jaunty | stylish. |
| jovial | jolly |
| kilometer | 1000 meters |
| labyrinth | maze |
| laconic | short answers |
| lichen | fungi |
| light-year | The astronomical measurement of the distance light travels in a year |
| maneuver | move around |
| marsupial | mammal with a pouch |
| metaphor | things compaired without like or as |
| mosaic | small pieces put to together to make a picture |
| mutation | change in gene or chromosome |
| nebula | cloud of gas or dust in space |
| nocturnal | sleep in day, play at night |
| nuisance | annoying |
| omnivore | organism that eats plants and animals |
| outrageous | exceeding all bounds of what is right |
| ozone | poisonous gas layer |
| parasite | organism that gets it nourishment from another |
| participle | A verb used as a noun: Working women |
| phloem | plant tissue that conducts food |
| plateau | an elevated piece of land |
| polygon | a flat close shape with 3 or more sides |
| protagonist | main character in play |
| pulverize | to pound, crush, or grind |
| quandary | condition of uncertainty or doubt; confusion |
| quarantine | isolation for a amount of time for an animal or person |
| quota | a specified amount of something |
| rain forest | evergreen trees with regular rainfall |
| random | no pattern |
| recede | to draw back from |
| renaissance | The time period from the 14th or 16th century where there was a revival of the arts |
| renegade | outlaw |
| repose | peace, relax, calmness |
| sacrifice | the act of giving up something valued |
| silhouette | outline of body |
| solstice | twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator |
| spectrum | a band of colors(rainbow), broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. Also a band of colors |
| stereotype | a generalized belief about a group of people |
| strategy | plan |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| symbiosis | mutual helpfulness, specifically the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent |
| tariff | a tax or duty imposed by the government |
| technique | method, way of doing something |
| tempo | beat of music |
| toxin | a poisonous substance |
| tranquility | peaceful, quiet, rest |
| tumult | noisy loud, opposite of tranquility |
| tundra | an extremely cold, dry biome |
| ultraviolet | harmful rays from sun, one kind of electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun. |
| unanimous | everybody agrees |
| undulate | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
| vaccine | shot that protects you from not getting something, a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria |
| vacillate | to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will |
| vertebrate | an animal that has a backbone |
| virtuoso | a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit |
| voracious | having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager |
| wretched | characterized by physical misery |
| xylem | the vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants |
| yacht | boat, an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing |
| zoology | the branch of biology that studies animals |
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