120 Words Every 11th Grader Should Know: List 2

The lobby of the hotel smells like candied lemon and bleach, an acrid combination that burns my nostrils when I breathe it in. Allegiant

Massage therapy is commonly used during physical rehabilitation of skeletal muscle to ameliorate pain and promote recovery from injury. Science Magazine (Feb 1, 2012)

To the Chinese, the dragon is an auspicious symbol, representing strength, good fortune and the elemental forces of nature. The Guardian (Apr 25, 2020)

“How dare you, brazen fool! How dare you demand an audience of the emissary with nothing to show him!” A Single Shard

I am practical and circumspect; he is impulsive and direct. Orphan Train

The shortages are not limited to food: A dearth of disposable spoons, forks and knives has forced some schools to begin conserving flatware. New York Times (Sep 27, 2021)

Classrooms, hallways, courtyard, lunchroom—everywhere I went I heard her disparaged, mocked, slurred. Stargirl

Campaigners on both sides of the debate have become more, not less, dogmatic. The New Yorker (Dec 10, 2019)

An idealized view of science is that theories are accepted or rejected based solely on empirical evidence. Scientific American (Jul 31, 2018)

Both, for example, were fastidious, very attentive to hygiene and the condition of their fingernails. In Cold Blood

Every day she goaded Fyrian into making atrocious choices or she played tricks on the poor dragon, making him cry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon

There was no hiding here, though, and because there was no guile in him, everything he felt showed on his face. Strange the Dreamer

I wanted to be truthful about what I believed to be truth, but I didn’t want to indoctrinate her into my worldview either. Time (Apr 6, 2015)

The fraternity of Marine fighter pilots was small, intimate, and exceedingly close. The Great Santini

“It’s still very vague and nebulous,” Paul said. Washington Post (Jul 20, 2017)

Unlike Perry, he was not convinced that a broken mirror meant seven years’ misfortune, or that a young moon if glimpsed through glass portended evil. In Cold Blood

That afternoon, I went to see Julian on the pretext of talking about credit transfers, but with something very different on my mind. The Secret History

It will need courts empowered to restrain politically connected polluters and rapacious developers who would steal land from farmers. Washington Post

I’m planning on heading back to the classroom for more scintillating lessons from the history teacher. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

One asks applicants to describe what they’ve done to promote the organization’s tenets and mission. Washington Times (Jul 21, 2020)