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sophomore
 
SYLLABICATION:soph·o·more
PRONUNCIATION:  sf-môr, -mr, sfmôr, -mr
NOUN:1a. A second-year student in a U.S. college. b. A tenth-grade student in a U.S. high school. 2. A person in the second year of carrying out an endeavor.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration (probably influenced by Greek sophos, wise, and mros, stupid) of sophumer, from obsolete sophom, sophism, dialectic exercise, variant of sophism.
 
 
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