Freshman I

Week 1 Vocabulary
accentuate
Make more
noticeable or
prominent
verb
his jacket
unfortunately
accentuated his
paunch
alliteration
The occurrence
of the same
letter or sound at
the beginning of
adjacent words
noun
The busy bees
were bumbling
analogy
A comparison
between two
things, typically
on the basis of
their structure
noun
an analogy
between the
working and
those of human
society
antibody
A blood protein
produced in
response to and
counteracting a
specific antigen
noun
we never
thought that we
might aspire to
those heights
bamboozle
Fool or cheat
verb
Tom Sawyer
bamboozled the
neighborhood
boys into doing
it for him
bizarre
Very strange or
unusual,
especially so as
to cause interest
or amusement
adjective
her bizarre
dresses and
outrageous
hairdos
boisterous
Noisy, energetic,
and cheerful
adjective
the boisterous
conviviality
associated with
taverns of that
period
boycott
Withdraw from
commercial or
social relations
with as a
punishment or
protest
verb
they boycotted
the elections
camouflage
The disguising of
by painting or
blending in with
surroundings
noun
a piece of
mossy turf
served for
camouflage