100 Words to Know
“The words we suggest,” says senior editor of American Heritage® dictionaries Steven Kleinedler, “are not meant to be exhaustive but are a benchmark against which graduates can measure themselves. If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior command of the language.”
abjure lugubrious
abrogate metamorphosis
abstemious mitosis
acumen moiety
antebellum nanotechnology
auspicious nihilism
belie nomenclature
bellicose nonsectarian
bowdlerize notarize
chicanery obsequious
chromosome oligarchy
churlish omnipotent
circumlocution orthography
circumnavigate oxidize
deciduous parabola
deleterious paradigm
diffident parameter
enervate pecuniary
enfranchise photosynthesis
epiphany plagiarize
equinox plasma
euro polymer
evanescent precipitous
expurgate quasar
facetious quotidian
fatuous recapitulate
feckless reciprocal
fiduciary reparation
filibuster respiration
gamete sanguine
gauche soliloquy
gerrymander subjugate
hegemony suffragist
hemoglobin supercilious
homogeneous tautology
hubris taxonomy
hypotenuse tectonic
impeach tempestuous
incognito thermodynamics
incontrovertible totalitarian
inculcate unctuous
infrastructure usurp
interpolate vacuous
irony vehement
jejune vortex
kinetic winnow
kowtow wrought
laissez faire xenophobe
lexicon yeoman
loquacious ziggurat
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