Montgomery Blair High School

//2009-08-31

allocate

(v) - to set apart for a particular purpose

//2009-09-01

allot

(v) - to divide or distribute by share or portion;

//2009-09-02

alloy

(n) - a mixture; an amalgam, esp. of metals

//2009-09-03

allocation

(n) - the act of distributing according to a plan

//2009-09-04

allocution

(n) - a formal speech, esp. one of an incontrovertible or hortatory nature

//2009-09-08

adjacent

(adj) - lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring

//2009-09-09

adhere

(v) - to stay attached or cling

//2009-09-10

advocate

(v) - to speak or write in favor of

//2009-09-11

adjoin

(v) - to be close to or in contact with

//2009-09-14

abase

(v) - to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade

//2009-09-15

abate

(v) - to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish

//2009-09-16

abort

(v) - to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage

//2009-09-17

abstain

(v) - to hold oneself back voluntarily, esp. from something regarded as improper or unhealthy

//2009-09-18

abhor

(v) - to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate

//2009-09-21

aberration

(n) - the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course

//2009-09-22

abjure

(v) - to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant

//2009-09-23

abdicate

(v) - to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner

//2009-09-24

aberrant

(adj) - deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal

//2009-09-25

abscond

(v) - to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution

//2009-09-29

antiquated

(adj) - continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned

//2009-09-30

antithesis

(n) - the direct opposite

//2009-10-01

antipathy

(n) - a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion

//2009-10-02

antiseptic

(adj) - free from or cleaned of germs and other microorganisms

//2009-10-05

coagulate

(v) - to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal

//2009-10-06

coalesce

(v) - to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.

//2009-10-07

coerce

(v) - to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, esp. without regard for individual desire or volition

//2009-10-08

collusion

(n) - a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy

//2009-10-09

cohere

(v) - to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass

//2009-10-12

philosophy

(n) - the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct

//2009-10-13

sophisticated

(adj) - 1) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; 2) complex or intricate

//2009-10-14

sophomoric

(adj) - intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited, etc., but immature

//2009-10-15

sophism

(n) - a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone

//2009-10-19

anarchist

(n) - a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom

//2009-10-20

anomaly

(n) - a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

//2009-10-21

anathema

(n) - 1) a person or thing detested or loathed; 2) a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication

//2009-10-22

annul

(v) - to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate

//2009-10-23

anemia

(n) - a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume

//2009-10-26

amoral

(adj) - not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral

//2009-10-27

asocial

(adj) - not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.

//2009-10-28

apolitical

(adj) - not involved or interested in politics

//2009-10-29

anonymity

(n) - The quality or state of being unknown or unacknowledged

//2009-10-30

anachronism

(n) - something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

//2009-11-03

cognitive

(adj) - of, relating to, or being conscious intellectual activity

//2009-11-04

incognito

(adj) - having one's identity concealed, as under an assumed name, esp. to avoid notice

//2009-11-05

cognition

(n) - the act or process of knowing; perception

//2009-11-06

cognizant

(adj) - Fully informed; conscious

//2009-11-09

commiserate

(v) - to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity

//2009-11-10

compliant

(adj) - obeying, obliging, or yielding, esp. in a submissive way

//2009-11-11

complicit

(adj) - choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, esp. with others

//2009-11-12

communal

(adj) - used or shared in common by everyone in a group

//2009-11-13

commonwealth

(n) - 1) a federation of states; 2) any group of persons united by some common interest

//2009-11-16

concede

(v) - to grant as a right or privilege; yield

//2009-11-17

concord

(n) - 1) agreement between things; harmony; 2) a treaty; compact; covenant

//2009-11-18

confide

(v) - 1) to impart secrets trustful; 2) to tell in assurance of secrecy

//2009-11-19

conspire

(v) - to agree together, esp. secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal

//2009-11-20

congregation

(n) - 1) A body of assembled people or things; 2) A group gathered for religious worship

//2009-11-23

inquisition

(n) - an official investigation, esp. one of a political or religious nature

//2009-11-24

query

(n) - a question; an inquiry

//2009-11-25

inquisitive

(adj) - given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious

//2009-11-30

debacle

(n) - a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout