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- donkeyshow, on 10/11/2007, -5/+501Why not ratchet it up to 101 and add "pretentious"?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -15/+491I think phrases every digg user should know would be more beneficial
Your an idiot.
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I for one welcome our new ___ overlords - spinchange, on 10/11/2007, -3/+298I was at first lugubrious that I couldn't circumnavigate this lexicon. It occurs to me though that it's a bit supercilious to expect it all to be within even the most loquacious high school grad's acumen. Such circumlocution should be abstemious, lest one cast an unctuous appearance which would be socially deleterious.
Translation: At first, I felt bad that I didn't know many of the words. Really though, It's pretty elitist to think that even the most wordy high-schooler would know them all. Such ***** with them should done rarely, unless you want to look like your full of *****, which probably won't make you very many new friends. - FadieZ, on 10/11/2007, -3/+215Well THAT list made me feel like an idiot...
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -11/+204Crap -- I graduated from college and there were a couple I don't know
- moonhead, on 10/11/2007, -18/+184*****, piss, *****, *****, *****, ***** and *****.
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/11/2007, -8/+154I don't know the dictionary definition of each term, but I'm pretty sure i can understand what they mean when I hear them in context.
- Nick5309, on 10/11/2007, -11/+141Not gunna lie, some of those words i completely disagree that anyone needs to know them outside the classroom.
- shaunmadams, on 10/11/2007, -2/+110LET ARE KIDS WALK
- wonderchemist, on 10/11/2007, -4/+93You only need to know 100 words to graduate from H.S. now?
- coltrane68, on 10/11/2007, -1/+88Note that many of the words are adjectives for which there are much simpler synonyms in common use. I would rather hear a h.s. grad use "talkative" or even "chatty" than "loquacious", which sounds stilted and pretentious.
- jtrost, on 10/11/2007, -5/+89Xenophobe - Really awesome multiplayer game for the NES.
- bobabot1, on 10/11/2007, -2/+84Shouldn't the focus be on teaching kids how to figure words out in context rather than memorizing them?
I'd rather have a small vocabulary and the ability to use context rather than a vast but meaningless vocabulary of words. - carguy84, on 10/11/2007, -10/+92impeach - VERY important one to know
- DeCiX, on 10/11/2007, -5/+80Why have Mitosis, but not Meiosis?
- gfair, on 10/11/2007, -4/+79I'd be happy if they just got "they, their, they're" and "you, your, you're" correct. That alone would be a major improvement.
- kevir, on 10/11/2007, -1/+72Warcraft 3 players know what a ziggurat is. "Need more ziggurats!" "Not enough mana!"
- tionanny, on 10/11/2007, -0/+70The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list ..
in an effort to sell more dictionaries. - patkirkrick, on 10/11/2007, -2/+70Well, I'll probably get in trouble for the length of this but I resolved to learn them all.
abjure - to renounce, repudiate
abrogate - to abolish by formal or official means
abstemious - paring or moderate in eating and drinking
acumen - shrewdness
antebellum - before the war, esp. the Civil War
auspicious - promising success
belie - contradict
bellicose - aggressively hostile (haven't seen that word since reading DPRK's news wire)
bowdlerize - to censor passages in a written work
chicanery - trickery by quibbling or sophistry
chromosome - bodies that carry genes
churlish - boorish; rude
circumlocution - roundabout way of speaking
circumnavigate - to navigate a circuit
deciduous - transitory
deleterious - harmful
diffident - reserved in manner
enervate - to destroy vigor
enfranchise - to endow with rights
epiphany - a revelation or sudden perception
equinox - astronomical start of autumn and spring
euro - new European currency
evanescent - vanishing; fading away
expurgate - to purge of moral offensiveness
facetious - lacking serious intent
fatuous - foolish
feckless - incompetent
fiduciary - trustee or relating to a trustee
filibuster - impeding legislation by monopolizing the floor
gamete - a mature reproductive cell (sperm or egg)
gauche - lacking social grace
gerrymander - to finagle election districts to give a political party an advantage
hegemony - society that seeks to exert dominance
hemoglobin - oxygen carrying part of blood
homogeneous - containing the same quality or property everywhere
hubris - excessive pride
hypotenuse - side of right triange opposite right angle
impeach - to accuse
incognito - concealed identity
incontrovertible - indisputable
inculcate - to teach persistently
infrastructure - underlying framework
interpolate - to estimate/insert between two points
irony - meaning contradictory to that expressed
jejune - juvenile/dull
kinetic - of motion
kowtow - to show deference
laissez faire - noninterference (esp of govt)
lexicon - dictionary
loquacious - chatty
lugubrious - mournful
metamorphosis - complete change of form
mitosis - normal cell division
moiety - half, or indefinite share
nanotechnology - nanometer-scale technology
nihilism - anarchy or denial of any real existence
nomenclature - system of names
nonsectarian - no specific religious affiliation
notarize - to legally witness and certify
obsequious - complete deference
oligarchy - government by the few
omnipotent - infinite power
orthography - correct writing and spelling
oxidize - to combine oxygen or remove electrons
parabola - pattern formed by intersection of plane parallel with a cone
paradigm - a model or set of forms
parameter - a constant or variable
pecuniary - pertaining to money
photosynthesis - producing organic materials using light
plagiarize - to steal another's thoughts and words
plasma - ionized gas, liquid part of blood without suspended elements
polymer - using smaller molecules to build a complex molecular compound
precipitous - extremely steep
quasar - hyper-distant, hyper-old primordial soup of galaxies
quotidian - recurring daily, customary
recapitulate - summarize
reciprocal - mutual, or 1 divided by a number
reparation - amends
respiration - process of providing oxygent to tissues
sanguine - hopeful
soliloquy - talking as if alone
subjugate - enslave
suffragist - one who advocates giving a right to vote
supercilious - contemptuous
tautology - needless repetition
taxonomy - science of classification
tectonic - of construction, of earth's crust
tempestuous - turbulent
thermodynamics - of heat and energy
totalitarian - authoritarian, no tolerance
unctuous - excessive piousness, oily
usurp - to use or serve wrongfully
vacuous - without contents
vehement - zealous
vortex - a whirling mass
winnow - to separate impurities
wrought - that which has been worked on
xenophobe - fearing outsiders
yeoman - clerical naval officer, farmer owning own land
ziggurat - pyramidal Sumerian temple - nymphetamine, on 10/11/2007, -6/+64***** that *****.
- HunterTV, on 10/11/2007, -2/+57"Context" isn't on that list. You fail.
- openyoureyes17, on 10/11/2007, -7/+61what!! where are words like condoms and bong ...
- noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -3/+57I graduated from college and drew blanks until I hit chromosome... I know, it is terrible, I'm hardly able to function in the real world.
- spamly, on 10/11/2007, -3/+54"fries" "with" "that" "order"...
- MarcQue, on 10/11/2007, -15/+65I for one welcome our new vocabulary overlords.
- Vrail, on 10/11/2007, -3/+50@swifty
you forgot *BREAKING* - zlintux, on 10/11/2007, -1/+47My favourite word to say on a plane describes most of them, and fits amongst them: Bombastic
- aussieaubs, on 10/11/2007, -3/+48tell me when the ziggurat would be used in every day language....??
http://www.answers.com/ziggurat&r=67 - KloroFormd, on 10/11/2007, -5/+49For some reason you're getting dug down, but I agree completely.
EDIT: Isn't it strange that as soon as someone asks why someone else is getting dug down... they get dug back up? You're all a bunch of tools. - Roger, on 10/11/2007, -2/+44Shakespeare couldn't have said it better.
- Chingmiester, on 10/11/2007, -3/+44Good lord... only one more year to learn 63 words!
- Robotsu, on 10/11/2007, -3/+40Why in the name of ***** is ziggurat on that list?? Some of these words have a practical modern application, but others are just esoteric and meaningless. Unless you are in history class or going on vacation to see ancient Iranian ruins or playing WoW, I sincerely doubt ziggurat is going to make it's way into ANY conversation.
Also, Firefox's spell check doesn't recognize it as a word. Weird. - scotticus, on 10/11/2007, -3/+40How about understanding the meanings of "theory" and "prove"?
Understanding when to use "your" vs. "you're" and "their" vs. "they're" - Satanael, on 10/11/2007, -1/+38Well then maybe you're not smart.
Oh that was so cruel... - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+35"Build more ziggurats" - check their last entry :D
- JayyMan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+32How about we worry about people graduating first.
- Me1on, on 10/11/2007, -5/+35More like "100 words nobody ever uses."
- doubledoh, on 10/11/2007, -2/+32It will be easier if you use firefox and install this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1171
right click > define (a tooltip pops up on the same page) - Dmatias, on 10/11/2007, -4/+33No your mistaken those are from that other list "4 Words Every High School Drop-out Should Know"
- shuuy, on 10/11/2007, -6/+33lugbrious?! jejune?! ziggurat?!!?!
I'm sure 99% of the population doesn't even know the definitions of "common words" like these - CanIGetAWitness, on 10/11/2007, -2/+28Indeed. While some of those words are common, I can sum up the list with:
Pompous - BicBall, on 10/11/2007, -7/+33"unless you want to look like your full of *****"
you're - bsdfree, on 10/11/2007, -3/+28I find this list to be shallow and pedantic.
- halavais, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25But that is also the beauty of English. These are *not* equivalent words, they are merely similar in meaning. It's a little like saying that an artist has no need for sage or mint when they are all forms of green. It's true that they are all green, but saying that a person is "chatty" and saying that they are "loquacious" conveys two different sorts of things.
- tidu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25I am usually a taciturn person until you get to know me.
- Firehed, on 10/11/2007, -2/+251. Drive traffic to wiktionary.org.
2. Don't sell dictionaries
3. ???????
4. "*****. Well, that backfired." - eaasness, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24@JayyMan
Yeah we should lower the qualifications so everyone graduates. "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" - ptbarnett, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24I think that the point is that high school graduates should understand these words in context, and that understanding these words in context means they should have some knowledge of the context itself. For instance:
ziggurat: Sumerian temple. If you know that, you probably know something about ancient Egypt, and perhaps about Middle Eastern politics.
filibuster: impeding legislation by monopolizing the floor. If you understand the term, you know something about the US Senate.
chromosome and gamete: If you know about these, you understand the significance of research into the human genome.
Words are just a way to communicate ideas. Understanding the words requires at least a basic knowledge of the underlying ideas. - Aeaus, on 10/11/2007, -4/+26The site belongs to a large corporation, there's no need for such a senseless "mirror."
- jaredpariah, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22It's great to have a good vocabulary, but if you define a list of words as "the words to learn" then students will try to memorize those and not learn how to become persuasive speakers. It's more important to learn how to speak effectively and intelligently, than to learn the definitions for a bunch of synonyms that make you sound like a prick.
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