100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know

Mrs. Penstone (United States of America)
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  1. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  2. aplomb
    great coolness and composure under strain
  3. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  4. attentive
    taking heed
  5. banish
    expel, as if by official decree
  6. barricade
    a barrier to impede the advance of an enemy
  7. bluff
    a high steep bank
  8. brackish
    slightly salty
  9. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
  10. circumference
    the length of the closed curve of a circle
  11. commotion
    a disorderly outburst or tumult
  12. concoction
    the act of creating something by compounding or mixing
  13. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  14. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  15. counteract
    act in opposition to
  16. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  17. contributor
    a writer published in a periodical or as part of a book
  18. science
    a branch of study or knowledge involving the observation, investigation, and discovery of general laws or truths that can be tested systematically
Created on Sun Jul 31 20:55:32 EDT 2011 (updated Tue Aug 02 10:10:17 EDT 2011)

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