100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
美国Heritage的编辑们精心编辑了100个单词。他们认为，这100个单词对于高中毕业生来说，虽然无法做到完全翔实地反映语言水平，但仍然是一个很好的评判标准。
“我们选择的单词，如果你知道如何正确运用，那么你将在语言方面没有问题” - 主编Steven Kleinedler（awflasher）
PT手记：在aw的博客看到的文章，很沮丧地发现，100个单词中竟然没认识几个，大概一只手能数完……可怜阿，都学了十几年英语了，都过6级了，还不到一个高中生水平……
以下是100个单词：
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abjure
abrogate abstemious acumen antebellum auspicious belie bellicose bowdlerize chicanery chromosome churlish circumlocution circumnavigate deciduous deleterious diffident enervate enfranchise epiphany equinox euro evanescent expurgate facetious fatuous feckless fiduciary filibuster gamete gauche gerrymander hegemony hemoglobin homogeneous hubris hypotenuse impeach incognito incontrovertible inculcate infrastructure interpolate irony jejune kinetic kowtow laissez faire lexicon loquacious |
lugubrious
metamorphosis mitosis moiety nanotechnology nihilism nomenclature nonsectarian notarize obsequious oligarchy omnipotent orthography oxidize parabola paradigm parameter pecuniary photosynthesis plagiarize plasma polymer precipitous quasar quotidian recapitulate reciprocal reparation respiration sanguine soliloquy subjugate suffragist supercilious tautology taxonomy tectonic tempestuous thermodynamics totalitarian unctuous usurp vacuous vehement vortex winnow wrought xenophobe yeoman ziggurat |
只认识euro的含泪飘过