Now comes the prequel to 100 Words Every High School Senior Should Know.
Without further ado, here they are:
accentuate
alliteration
analogy
antibody
aspire
bamboozle
bizarre
boisterous
boycott
camouflage
chronology
commemorate
cower
decorum
deduction
deign
despondent
dialogue
divulge
eclectic
ellipse
embargo
enthusiastic
exponent
exult
fallacy
flourish
formidable
gargoyle
guerilla
guru
heritage
hieroglyphic
hologram
hypocrisy
immune
impertinent
inference
introspection
jaunty
jovial
kilometer
labyrinth
laconic
lichen
light-year
marsupial
maneuver
metaphor
mosaic
mutation
nebula
nocturnal
nuisance
omnivore
outrageous
ozone
parasite
participle
phloem
plateau
polygon
protagonist
pulverize
quandary
quarantine
quota
rainforest
random
recede
renaissance
renegade
repose
sacrifice
silhouette
solstice
spectrum
stereotype
strategy
suffrage
symbiosis
tariff
technique
tempo
toxin
tranquility
tumult
tundra
ultraviolet
unanimous
undulate
vaccine
vacillate
vertebrate
virtuoso
voracious
wretched
xylem
yacht
zoology
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Full disclosure: I knew all but phloem and xylem. And I knew all 98 when I began my freshman year of high school.
So I guess college, med school, residency, and voracious reading ever since I was 13 couldn't quite get me over the phloem-xylem hump.
More disclosure: my interest in looking up phloem and xylem to find out what they mean is 0.
Now take the $4.95 you didn't spend on this little book and go buy yourself lunch.
Some day, in the not too distant future, you'll be able to click a little button and give me a penny for what I just gave you.
A penny here, a penny there... pretty soon you've got a bunch of pennies.
Article comments
1 - sara
xylem- water conducting vessels (veins for water) in plants
phloem- food-conducting tissue (veins for substances other than water) in plants
wow, med school and you didn't know about xylem and phloem? well know you do!
2 - Shine
This is great. Now, had you had the what they mean, would've been better. Thanks all the same.
3 - tt
thanks for creating this for all the students. its a great book.
4 - izzy
I browsed through these and there are probably 5-10 that I don't know and I'm going to be a freshman next year :| I wish the words were more challenging.