VOCABULARY

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 towards 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.

1. Accentuate 37. Impertinent 73. Repose

2. Alliteration 38. Inference 74. Sacrifice

3. Analogy 39. Introspection 75. Silhouette

4. Antibody 40. Jaunty 76. Solstice

5. Aspire 41. Jovial 77. Spectrum

6. Bamboozle 42. Kilometer 78. Stereotype

7. Bizarre 43. Labyrinth 79. Strategy

8. Boisterous 44. Laconic 80. Suffrage

9. Boycott 45. Lichen 81. Symbiosis

10. Camouflage 46. Light-year 82. Tariff

11. Chronology 47. Maneuver 83. Technique

12. Commemorate 48. Marsupial 84. Tempo

13. Cower 49. Metaphor 85. Toxin

14. Decorum 50. Mosaic 86. Tranquility

15. Deduction 51. Mutation 87. Tumult

16.Deign 52. Nebula 88. Tundra

17.Despondent 53. Nocturnal 89. Ultraviolet

18.Dialogue 54. Nuisance 90. Unanimous

19. Divulge 55. Omnivore 91. Undulate

20.Eclectic 56. Outrageous 92. Vaccine

21. Ellipse 57. Ozone 93. Vacillate

22.Embargo 58. Parasite 94. Vertebrate

23.Enthusiastic 59. Participle 95. Virtuoso

24.Exponent 60. Phloem 96. Voracious

25.Exult 61. Plateau 97. Wretched

26.Fallacy 62. Polygon 98. Xylem

27.Flourish 63. Protagonist 99. Yacht

28.Formidable 64. Pulverize 100. Zoology

29.Gargoyle 65. Quandary

30.Guerrilla 66. Quarantine

31.Guru 67. Quota

32.Heritage 68. Rainforest

33.Hieroglyphic 69. Random

34.Hologram 70. Recede

35.Hypocrisy 71. Renaissance

36.Immune 72. Renegade