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100 Words High School Freshman Should Know
Ms. Pringle's 100 Words
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English
8th Grade
12/10/2009

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Nomanclature
Definition
special set of words for a specific job or activity
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Equinox
Definition
the two days of the year when night and day are equal
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Plagerize

 

Definition
stealing someone else's work, ideas or passages and claiming them as your own
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Impeach

 

Definition
to take an elected official and put them on trial
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Deciduous

 

Definition

something that sheds

 

(usually trees)

 

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Photosyntheis 

 

 

Definition
when plants use the sun's light to make sugar to feed it and make it green
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Respiration
Definition
breathing
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Suffragist
Definition
a person who supports voting
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xenophobe
Definition
a person who is afraid of foreign people or strangers
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Deleterious
Definition
dangerous, harmful
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Irony
Definition
when the opposite of what you expect happens
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Parameter
Definition
guidelines, rules, curfew
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Kowtow
Definition

to act in an obedient way; to serve like a slave

 

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Parabola
Definition
a mathematical term-a geometric shape with a bend in it and two lines running through it
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Chromosome
Definition

tiny thread of DNA that carries genes

 

(normal number for humans is 23 pairs)

 

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Metamorphosis
Definition

a complete change in appearance, character,  or circumstance

 

(like frogs or butterflies)

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Gauche
Definition
crude; lack of social grace; impolite; rude
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Vacuous

 

 

Definition
empty; lack of
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Epiphany
Definition
 when all of a sudden something makes sense to you
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Tempestuous
Definition
violent; scary; stormy
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Expurgate
Definition
remove or get rid of offensive or innapropriate material
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Bowdlerize
Definition
Synonym for expurgate
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Incontrovertible

 

 

Definition

cannot argue about it,

can be proven

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Hemoglobin
Definition
iron molecule in blood that makes it red and carries oxygen
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Plasma
Definition

 

the liquid part of blood

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wrought

 

Definition

the past tense version of the word work

 

 

(ex. wrought iron fence)

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Acumen
Definition
clear insight; wit
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Enervate
Definition
to weaken or deprive of strength
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Churlish
Definition
rude; mean; difficult to deal with
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Thermodynamics
Definition
relating to heat and energy
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Loquacious
Definition
talking constantly
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Vehement
Definition
passionate, intense, emotional
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Quasar
Definition
distant stellar object
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mitosis
Definition
process of cell division
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abrogate
Definition
to formally abolish; put an end to
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abstemious
Definition
abstaining;not doing something
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antebellum
Definition
before war
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auspicious
Definition
perfect timing; good opportunity
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belie
Definition
to show the opposite; to lie
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bellicose
Definition
warlike; always looking for a fight
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Chicanery
Definition
slyness or cleverness
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circumlocution
Definition

talking in circles

 

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circumnavigate
Definition
to make your way around
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diffident
Definition
not confident; having no faith
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gerrymander
Definition
to unfairly divide election districts
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facetious
Definition
joking; not meant to be taken seriously
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evanescent
Definition
vanishing or fading away
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enfranchise
Definition
to give citizenship and/or rights
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filibuster
Definition
to get in the way of legislation or to make a VERY long speech
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fatuous
Definition
foolish, dense, silly
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gamete
Definition
reproductive cell; egg or sperm
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fiduciary
Definition
person who holds money for another
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feckless
Definition
lazy, incompetent, ineffective
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soliloquy
Definition
talking to oneself
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usurp
Definition
to seize or take over by force
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paradigm
Definition
an example or pattern
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incognito
Definition
hidden or in disguise
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Euro
Definition
European form of currency
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abjure
Definition
to retract or take back
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Lexicon
Definition

synonym for dictionary

 

(same as dictionary)

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hegemony
Definition
leadership
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Hubris
Definition
overbearing pride; arrogance
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moiety
Definition
half; portion
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Lugubrious
Definition
gloomy, down on yourself
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hypotenuse
Definition
the line opposite of the right angle in a triangle
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kinetic
Definition
pertaining to motion
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homogenous
Definition
the same
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infrastructure
Definition
the basic framework of a system
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jejune
Definition
without interest; dull; immature
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Nihilism
Definition
anarchy; total rejection of rules
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Notarize
Definition
to certify
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Laissez-Faire
Definition
individualism; idea of little government intervention
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Interpolate
Definition
to insert
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Nanotechnology
Definition

technology using the scale of:

1 billionth of a meter

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Nonsectarianism
Definition
not associated with a particular religion
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inculcate
Definition

to cause someone to accept an idea using repetition; to instill

 

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obsequious
Definition
obedient, dutiful
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vortex
Definition
whirlpool; whirling mass of air or liquid
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oligarchy
Definition
government in which power is given to only a few people
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omnipotent
Definition
having infinite power- as in God
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recapitulate
Definition
to summarize; repeat
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orthography
Definition
correct writing and spelling
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subjagate
Definition
to bring under control; to conquer
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oxidize
Definition
to combine with oxygen; rust
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pecuniary
Definition
relating to money
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winnow
Definition

to separate grain from the chaff using air (wind)

 

WINd....WINnow....hahaha!

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ziggurat
Definition
a temple tower used by Babylonians and Assyrians
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unctuous
Definition
false sincerety/insincere earnestness
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supercilious
Definition
showing haughtiness or excessive pride
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tautology
Definition
repetition; redundancy
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tectonic
Definition
formation of features in geography, like humans
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polymer
Definition

many molecules combining to form a new thing

 

ex. nylon

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taxonomy
Definition
classification of organisms in an ordered system
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sanguine
Definition
cheerfully confident
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reparation
Definition
the act of making amends for a wrong doing
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quotidian
Definition
daily,ordinary
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yeoman
Definition
 servant/lesser official to royalty; petty naval officer
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precipitous
Definition
extremely steep, like a precipice
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Totalitarian
Definition
government system of TOTAL control
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reciprical
Definition
done or experienced on both sides
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