100 words freshmen should know
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- bizarre
- Very unusual in manner, style, or apperance
- unanimous
- in complete agreement
- rainforest
- an area of lush vegetation and year-round rainfall
- vacillate
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- jaunty
- having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
- nuisance
- n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
- marsupial
- mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
- accentuate
- to stress ; emphasize
- quarantine
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- maneuver
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- formidable
- extremely impressive in strength or excellence
- ozone
- a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water
- protagonist
- the principal character in a work of fiction
- aspire
- to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, disire earnestly, to ascend
- solstice
- either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
- dialogue
- conversation between two or more people
- laconic
- brief and to the point
- random
- lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
- exult
- to express great joy
- hologram
- the photographic record of a three dimensional image produced by recording on a photographic plat or film
- undulate
- increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
- jovial
- merry; joyous; jolly.
- boisterous
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- recede
- pull back or move away or backward
- vertebrate
- having a backbone or spinal column
- polygon
- a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
- labyrinth
- complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- nebula
- an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
- cower
- To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
- technique
- a practical method or art applied to some particular task
- ultraviolet
- waves that are part of the electromagnetic spectrum and can't be seen by the eyes; they have wavelengths shorter than those of visible light but longer than those of x-rays
- quota
- a prescribed number
- plateau
- a broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land
- light-year
- distance traveled by light in one year equal to 5.878 trillion miles
- tranquility
- a state of peace and quiet
- renaissance
- the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world
- hieroglyphic
- a writing system using picture symbols
- guerrilla
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- eclectic
- composed of elements drawn from diverse sources
- kilometer
- a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
- vaccine
- immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
- voracious
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- virtuoso
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- tumult
- a state of commotion and noise and confusion
- flourish
- a showy gesture
- bamboozle
- (tv)To deceive by elaborate trickery
- spectrum
- broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities
- deduction
- a conclusion based on reasoning; a subtraction; the amount subtracted
- introspection
- the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
- decorum
- propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct
- tundra
- a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
- mosaic
- (noun) tiny pieces put together to make a colorful pattern
- enthusiastic
- having or showing great excitement and interest
- mutation
- a change or alteration in form or qualities
- sacrifice
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- deign
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- stereotype
- one regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stereotype people; Ex. stereotyped answer
- analogy
- drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- heritage
- an inheritance, legacy, descent, pedigree
- hypocrisy
- insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
- guru
- a recognized leader in some field or of some movement
- participle
- A form of a verb that can act as an adjective.
- camouflage
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- ellipse
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- phloem
- Vascular plant tissue consisting of living cells aranged into elongated tubes that transport sugar and other organic nutrients throughout the plant.
- omnivore
- Eats both plants and animals.
- xylem
- Vascular plant tissue consisting mainly of tubular dead cells that conduct most of the water and minerals upward from roots to the rest of the plant.
- gargoyle
- an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
- impertinent
- showing a bold or rude lack of respect especially to a superior
- repose
- To rest, calm, tranquil
- commemorate
- to preserve, honor, or celebrate the memory of
- tariff
- a government tax on imports or exports
- immune
- resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity
- divulge
- To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
- tempo
- the rate of some repeating event
- suffrage
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution
- silhouette
- a drawing of the outline of an object
- antibody
- substance developed in blood as an antitoxin
- embargo
- a government order imposing a trade barrier
- zoology
- the branch of biology that studies animals
- chronology
- a record of events in the order of their occurrence
- lichen
- organism made up of a fungus and a green algae or a cyanobacterium
- wretched
- very unhappy
- inference
- conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
- nocturnal
- of or relating to or occurring in the night
- renegade
- someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
- outrageous
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- exponent
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- symbiosis
- the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
- parasite
- an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)
- strategy
- an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- despondent
- without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection
- yacht
- an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
- quandary
- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- fallacy
- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- metaphor
- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- toxin
- a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
- alliteration
- use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
- pulverize
- destroy completely