100 Vocabulary Words for High School Students
As a high school student, having a strong vocabulary is essential for academic success. It can help you to better understand complex texts, express yourself more effectively in writing and speaking, and even improve your critical thinking skills. Here are 100 vocabulary words that you should know to take your language skills to the next level:
Words 1-20
- Abstruse (adj.) - difficult to understand; obscure
- Ambiguity (n.) - the quality of being open to multiple interpretations
- Anecdote (n.) - a brief, narrated story
- Articulate (v.) - to express oneself clearly and effectively
- Aspire (v.) - to strongly desire or aim to achieve something
- Assimilate (v.) - to absorb and understand information
- Axiom (n.) - a self-evident truth or principle
- Benevolent (adj.) - kind and generous
- Cacophony (n.) - a harsh, discordant sound
- Catharsis (n.) - the process of emotional purification
- Cerebral (adj.) - related to the brain or intellect
- Colloquial (adj.) - informal and conversational
- Concise (adj.) - brief and to the point
- Conundrum (n.) - a puzzle or riddle
- Critical (adj.) - analyzing and evaluating information
- Debilitate (v.) - to weaken or enfeeble
- Digress (v.) - to stray from the main point
- Dissemble (v.) - to conceal one's true intentions
- Dulcet (adj.) - sweet and soothing
- Ephemeral (adj.) - lasting for a very short time
Words 21-40
- Ennui (n.) - a feeling of listlessness and boredom
- Ephemeron (n.) - something that is transitory or fleeting
- Erudite (adj.) - having a deep understanding of a subject
- Exacerbate (v.) - to make a problem worse
- Exigent (adj.) - demanding and requiring a great deal of effort
- Expedient (adj.) - convenient and practical
- Extrapolate (v.) - to infer or deduce from available information
- Fastidious (adj.) - meticulous and demanding in one's standards
- Florid (adj.) - excessively flowery or ornate
- Fraught (adj.) - filled with anxiety or tension
- Garrulous (adj.) - talkative and loquacious
- Heterogeneous (adj.) - diverse and varied
- Hypocrisy (n.) - the practice of claiming to have moral standards that one does not really have
- Idiosyncrasy (n.) - a peculiar or individual trait
- Inscrutable (adj.) - difficult to understand or interpret
- Insouciant (adj.) - carefree and nonchalant
- Intractable (adj.) - stubbornly resistant to control or authority
- Inundate (v.) - to flood or overwhelm
- Inscrutable (adj.) - difficult to understand or interpret
- Intricate (adj.) - complex and detailed
Words 41-60
- Jocularity (n.) - a good-natured and humorous mood
- Kaleidoscopic (adj.) - constantly changing and multicolored
- Lassitude (n.) - a feeling of weariness and lack of energy
- Laudable (adj.) - worthy of praise and admiration
- Luminary (n.) - a person of inspiration and guidance
- Malaise (n.) - a feeling of general discomfort or unease
- Mellifluous (adj.) - having a smooth and sweet sound
- Mendacious (adj.) - dishonest and deceitful
- Mercurial (adj.) - changeable and unpredictable
- Metaphorical (adj.) - relating to language that is symbolic or figurative
- Meticulous (adj.) - careful and precise in one's work 52
