美国传统字典的编辑们选出了“初中生应该知道的100个词”(100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know)，为了与我之前写的系列博文对应，在今后的文章中就称作“检验美国初中生英文水平的100个单词”，各位朋友可以检验一下是不是达到初中生水平？

不用怀疑这100词的代表性，这100词中，一些是GRE(课程)词。

1. adversary

2. aplomb

3. apprehensive

4. aptitude

5. attentive

6. banish

7. barricade

8. bluff

9. brackish

10. brandish

11. circumference

12. commotion

13. concoction

14. conspicuous

15. contortion

16. counter

17. cunning

18. debris

19. defiance

20. deft

21. destination

22. diminish

23. disdain

24. dismal

25. dispel

26. eavesdrop

27. egregious

28. ember

29. emerge

30. engross

31. exasperation

32. exhilarate

33. falter

34. foresight

35. fragrance

36. furtive

37. grueling

38. gusto

39. habitation

40. hasten

41. havoc

42. headway

43. ignite

44. illuminate

45. impending

46. imperious

47. jabber

48. jargon

49. jostle

50. jut

51. kindle

52. knoll

53. luminous

54. malleable

55. materialize

56. meander

57. meticulous

58. misgivings

59. momentum

60. monotonous

61. multitude

62. muster

63. narrate

64. obscure

65. ominous

66. outlandish

67. persistent

68. pertinent

69. potential

70. precipice

71. pristine

72. quell

73. recluse

74. recuperate

75. replenish

76. repugnant

77. restitution

78. sabotage

79. scarcity

80. scurry

81. serenity

82. sociable

83. somber

84. specimen

85. stamina

86. subside

87. swagger

88. swarm

89. tactic

90. terse

91. translucent

92. uncanny

93. unsightly

94. versatile

95. vigilant

96. vulnerable

97. waft

98. waver

99. weather

100. zea