100 words every High School Student Should Know

Accentuate

• to stress, single out as important
• long distance running
• extreme conditions
• precise measurement 

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alliteration

• exaggeration 
• repetitive words in a sentence  
• same consonant at the beginning of each word
• dramatic irony

analogy

• type of clock
• drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity 

antibody

• a protein that produces an immune response
• red blood cells 
• white blood cells 
• vitamin supplements designed to strengthen the body's immune system 

aspire

• priority information 
• without of almost out of hope
• singled as most important 
• ambitious plan

bamboozle

• conceal one's true motives 
• quick thinking 

bizarre 

• beautiful 
• conspicuously unconventional or unusual 

boisterous 

• boastful; full of pride
• full of exuberant animal spirit 

boycott

• refusal to work or associate with an organization 
• dismissed from a position 

camouflage 

• military uniform; pattern
• an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something