I of late amount across a link to100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know , by the folk who bring you the American Heritage Dictionaries . The cool part is that they went in front and printed the 100 words on the web site , leaving you to buy the book ( a quite reasonable$5.95 at Amazon ) if you require to learn more about them . But my slogan is : have Google , will learn .
I approached the leaning with some trepidation . I ’m a mellow school alumnus , so by definition I " should " jazz these . I ’m a author , so Ireallyshould know these . But how many would stump me ? It turns out , I only describe six word which made me uncomfortable : abjure , abstemious , bowdlerize , moiety , orthography , tautology . A few of those I might " get by on " ( likeabjure , which I could credibly fancy it out in usage ) , butbowdlerize ? Well , thanks to Google and Wikipedia , I ’ve got all 100 . ( For case : read about Thomas Bowdler ’s expurgation of classic whole kit and boodle , which led to the termbowdlerize . )
Now it ’s your turning – which of these words do you involve to get word ? ( List of words after the saltation . )
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