100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
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What should the vocabulary of a well-rounded high school graduate be like? These 100 words provide the starting point in answering that question. The list is representative of the words that serious students will encounter in their coursework and will come to use as adults, whether in conversation or while reading the daily newspaper. Each word is fully defined and shown in context with example sentences from well-known authors. 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know is a must-have for every grad, perfect for building vocabulary, quizzing friends and family — and just having fun.
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THE EDITORS OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARIES are a team of professional lexicographers with advanced degrees in various scholarly fields. The editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work with expert consultants to ensure that their publications are accurate and up-to-date.
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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know - Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Contents
Title Page
Contents
Copyright
Editorial Staff
Preface
Guide to the Dictionary
Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation Key
One Hundred Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
Exercises to Further Improve and Enrich Your Vocabulary
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ISBN-13: 978-0-544-78989-0
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100 words every high school graduate should know / from the editors of the American heritage dictionaries.
p. cm.
Based on the 4th ed. of the American Heritage college dictionary.
ISBN 0-618-37412-4
1. Vocabulary. I. Title: One hundred words every high school graduate should know. II. American Heritage college dictionary.
PE1449.A145 2003 428.1—dc21 2003040668
Cover design by Christopher Moisan ® Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
eISBN 978-0-547-35023-3
v1.0916
EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE
American Heritage® Dictionaries
MARGERY S. BERUBE, Vice President, Publisher of Dictionaries
JOSEPH P. PICKETT, Vice President, Executive Editor
DAVID R. PRITCHARD, Editorial Project Director
STEVEN R. KLEINEDLER, Senior Editor
BENJAMIN W. FORTSON, IV, Senior Lexicographer
HANNA SCHONTHAL, Editor
VALI TAMM, Editor
MATTHEW HEIDENRY, Associate Editor
KIRSTEN PATEY, Associate Editor
UCHENNA C. IKONNé, Assistant Editor
Preface
The editors of the American Heritage College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, originally developed the 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know to highlight the importance of owning and using a dictionary. We provided journalists and radio announcers across the United States with this list, and it quickly became the topic of many articles and broadcasts. The list was a hit, and the phenomenal response from the public pleasantly surprised us. Visitors to our website, www.ahdictionary.com, viewed this list over 200,000 times. We were also often asked if the list was available in book form, and this book was published in response to those requests.
The editorial staff found the development of the list to be an engaging and entertaining task. In addition to carefully choosing a well-balanced mix of terms from A to Z, we balanced straightforward vocabulary entries, such as bellicose, loquacious, and vehement, with words chosen directly from the disciplines of learning, such as parabola and hypotenuse from mathematics, gerrymander and enfranchise from civics, and photosynthesis and hemoglobin from biology. As a result, students often have an easier time with the list than adults, especially if they’ve been paying attention in their classes!
Still, we intentionally crafted this list to present a challenge to students and adults. Reporters and commentators, especially those who are also parents, have been pleased to find a way to get children and teenagers interested in building a more sophisticated vocabulary—while finding themselves learning as well. We have been delighted by the positive response, and we are encouraged by the fact that people are taking a closer look at literacy and vocabulary building as an integral part of using dictionaries. We’ve set the bar high, and people are responding enthusiastically to the challenge.
The following entries are based on material from our American Heritage Dictionary series and are presented in an expanded layout that is easy to read. We’ve added quotations and example sentences to provide greater context for many definitions. To encourage study skills,