Part 2 - 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know - Words 26-50 - Second Nine Weeks

fatuous

foolish

feckless

without purpose

fiduciary

financial person; related to public trust, esp. regarding currency

filibuster

to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches; exceptionally long speech meant to prevent legislation

gamete

male or female sexual reproductive cell

gauche

lacking social grace

gerrymander

to divide a geopolitical region to favor a political party's votership; a redrawing of a region's boundaries

hegemony

predominant influence of one nation over another

hemoglobin

oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells

homogeneous

of the same kind; essentially alike

hubris

excessive pride or self-confidence

hypotenuse

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

impeach

to accuse (a public official) of misconduct

incognito

having one's identity concealed

incontrovertible

not open to question

inculcate

to teach by repetition (Latin word for trample)

infrastructure

underlying framework of a system

interpolate

to estimate the value of; to insert words into the middle of a text

irony

the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning; discrepancy in expected and actual results; discrepancy between character's knowledge and the audience's

jejune

dull; immature

kinetic

relating to motion

kowtow

(Mandarin origins) to act in a servile manner

laissez faire or laisser faire

governmental theory stating government shouldn't interfere with economy; to let act in freedom

lexicon

vocabulary of language or people; book containing words and definitions

loquacious

talkative