Grade Vocabulary List 1

[Pages:21]10th Grade Vocabulary List 1

WORD

POS

1. Accoutrement n.

2. Accretion

n.

3. Barrage

n.

4. Bastion

n.

5. Congeal

v.

6. Conscript

v.

7. Discursiveness adj.

8. Disenfranchise v.

9. Expediency n.

10. Expiate

v.

11. Explicate

v.

12. Heterodox

adj.

13. Hidebound adj.

14. Irrefragable adj.

15. Irreproachable adj.

16. Misogynist n.

17. Perceptive

adj.

18. Quantify

v.

19. Quantitative adj.

20. Torpor

n.

DEFINITION & NOTES -an identifying and often superficial characteristic or device -the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup -a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once -a fortified area or position -to change from a fluid to a solid state; to make viscid or curdled -to enroll into service by compulsion -moving from topic to topic without order -to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity -a means of achieving a particular end -to extinguish the guilt incurred by or make amends for -to develop the implications of; analyze logically -holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines -having an inflexible or ultraconservative character -impossible to refute, break, or alter -blameless, impeccable -one who hates women -characterized by sympathetic understanding or insight -to determine, express, or measure the quantity of - of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount -a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility

10th Grade Vocabulary List 2

WORD

POS

1. Acolyte

n.

2. Acuity

n.

3. Beget

v.

4. Beguile

v.

5. Consensus

n.

6. Conspicuous adj.

7. Disingenuous adj.

8. Disinterested adj.

9. Exploit

n.

10. Exposition

n.

11. Histrionic

adj.

12. Hoary

adj.

13. Hypothetical adj.

14. Irrevocable adj.

15. Itinerant

adj.

16. Mitigate

v.

17. Adduce

v.

18. Peremptory adj.

19. Querulous

adj.

20. Quibble

v.

DEFINITION & NOTES -an assistant to the clergy in a liturgical service who performs minor duties -keenness of perception -to produce especially as an effect or outgrowth -to lead by deception -to while away especially by some agreeable occupation -a general agreement -obvious to the eye or mind -lacking in candor; giving a false appearance of simple frankness -not having the mind or feelings engaged; not interested -deed or act; especially a notable or heroic act -a setting forth of the meaning or purpose -deliberately affected; theatrical -gray or white with or as if with age -being or involving an assumption -not possible to take back; unalterable -traveling from place to place -to cause to become less harsh or hostile -to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis -to act in advance of or in exclusion of opposition -habitually complaining; whining -to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words

10th Grade Vocabulary List 3

WORD

POS

1. Admonitory

adj.

2. Adulation

n.

3. Beleaguer

v.

4. Belie

v.

5. Constellation n.

6. Consternation n.

7. Dialectical

adj.

8. Disparity

adj.

9. Expostulate

v.

10. Spry

adj.

11. Homogeneity n.

12. Hone

v.

13. Jaded

adj.

14. Jargon

n.

15. Modest

adj.

16. Onerous

adj.

17. Peripheral

adj.

18. Perjury

n.

19. Postmodernism n.

20. Quirk

n.

DEFINITION & NOTES -expressing reproof; warning -excessive or slavish admiration or flattery -besiege; trouble, harass -to give a false impression of -a configuration of stars -amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion -related to or in accordance with a philosophical concept by which a new entity is produced from two opposites -markedly distinct in quality or character -to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance -nimble -the state of remaining the same throughout -to make more acute or intense -made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by surfeit -a confused unintelligible language -placing a moderate estimate on one's abilities or worth -involving, imposing, or constituting a burden -of, relating to, or being the outer part -the voluntary violation of an oath or vow -a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language -a peculiar trait

10th Grade Vocabulary List 4

WORD

POS

1. Admonish

v.

2. Adumbrate v.

3. Bellicose

adj.

4. Belligerent adj.

5. Contingent adj.

6. Contrite

adj.

7. Disposition n.

8. Extraneous adj.

9. Extrapolate v.

10. Hyperbole

n.

11. Jeopardize

v.

12. Mnemonics n.

13. Mollify

v.

14. Perfunctory adj.

15. Perpetuated v.

16. Quintessential adj.

17. Arrogate

v.

18. Quotidian

adj.

19. Sedulous

adj.

20. Shirk

v.

DEFINITION & NOTES -to indicate duties or obligations to -to foreshadow vaguely -favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars -inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness -likely but not certain to happen; dependent or conditioned by something else -feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming -prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination -not forming an essential or vital part -to predict by projecting past experience or known data -extravagant exaggeration -to expose to danger or risk -a technique of improving the memory -to soothe in temper or disposition -characterized by routine or superficiality -to cause to last indefinitely -representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class -to claim or seize without justification -occurring every day -involving or accomplished with careful perseverance -to go stealthily; to evade the performance of an obligation

10th Grade Vocabulary List 5

WORD

POS

1. Aficionado

n.

2. Belittle

v.

3. Benign

adj.

4. Contemporary adj.

5. Contumacy n.

6. Dispassionate adj.

7. Dissemble

v.

8. Extirpate

v.

9. Fa?ade

n.

10. Hypothesize v.

11. Jaundiced

adj.

12. Jockeying

v.

13. Modicum

n.

14. Monastic

adj.

15. Monolith

n.

16. Pernicious

adj.

17. Personable

adj.

18. Perspicacity n.

19. Ratify

v.

20. Tabula rasa n.

DEFINITION & NOTES -one knowledgeable and appreciative of a usually fervently pursued interest or activity -to speak slightingly of; disparage -of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life -happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time -stubborn resistance to authority -not influenced by strong feeling; not affected by personal or emotional involvement -to hide under a false appearance -to destroy completely -a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect -to make an assumption for the sake of argument -affected with or as if with yellowish pigmentation of the skin -exhibiting or influenced by envy, distaste, or hostility -to deal shrewdly or fraudulently with -a small portion; a limited quantity -resembling (as in seclusion or ascetic simplicity) life in a monastery -a massive structure -highly injurious or destructive; deadly -pleasant or amiable in person; attractive -the quality of acute mental vision or discernment -to approve and sanction formally -something existing in its original pristine state

10th Grade Vocabulary List 6

WORD

POS

1. Affable

adj.

2. Agog

adj.

3. Bemoan

v.

4. Beseech

v.

5. Contumacious adj.

6. Convivial

adj.

7. Disputation n.

8. Extricate

v.

9. Hypochondriac n.

10. Hypocritical adj.

11. Imminent

adj.

12. Jibe

v.

13. Jingoistic

n.

14. Jollity

n.

15. Momentous adj.

16. Monotonous adj.

17. Perpetuity

n.

18. Pertinacity

adj.

19. Putative

adj.

20. Ramifications n.

DEFINITION & NOTES -characterized by ease and friendliness -full of intense interest or excitement -to express deep grief or distress over -to beg for urgently or anxiously -stubbornly disobedient -relating to or fond of feasting and good company -verbal controversy -to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty -one who faces extreme depression of mind or spirits often centered on imaginary physical ailments -characterized by an appearance of false character or beliefs -ready to take place -to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to another -to be in accord -extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy -the quality or state of being jolly -important, consequential -tediously uniform or unvarying -the quality or state of continuing forever or occurring continually -adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design -commonly accepted or supposed -consequence, outgrowth

10th Grade Vocabulary List 7

WORD

POS

1. Aggregate

adj.

2. Aghast

adj.

3. Bequeath

v.

4. Disseminate v.

5. Dissimulation v.

6. Dogmatic

adj.

7. Facet

n.

8. Faddish

n.

9. Iconoclast

n.

10. Imbibe

v.

11. Jocular

adj.

12. Jubilant

adj.

13. Monolithic adj.

14. Perspire

v.

15. Quandary

n.

16. Raucous

adj.

17. Raze

v.

18. Surmise

n.

19. Susceptible adj.

20. Venial

adj.

DEFINITION & NOTES -formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount -struck with terror, amazement, or horror -to give or leave by will -to spread abroad as though sowing seed -to hide under a false appearance - given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts -any of the definable aspects that make up a subject or an object -a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal -a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions -to receive into the mind and retain; to take in liquid -given to jesting; habitually jolly or playful -exultant -constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole -to emit matter through the skin -a state of perplexity or doubt -disagreeably harsh or strident; boisterously disorderly -to destroy to the ground -a thought or idea based on scanty evidence -open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus or influence; impressionable -of a kind that can be remitted; forgivable

10th Grade Vocabulary List 8

WORD 1. Aisle 2. Akimbo 3. Bibulous 4. Chateau 5. Copious 6. Cornucopia

7. Dissolute 8. Dissonance

9. Fallacious 10. Immoderate 11. Immutable 12. Importunity 13. Judicious 14. Juxtapose 15. Moratorium 16. Obstetrics 17. Pertinent 18. Rebus 19. Rebuttal 20. Robust

POS n. adj./adv. adj. n. adj. n.

adj. n.

adj. adj. adj. n. adj. v. n. n. adj. n. n. adj.

DEFINITION & NOTES -a passage separating sections of seats -set in a bent position -highly absorbent -a feudal castle or fortress in France; a large country house -yielding something abundantly; profuse in words, expression, or style -a curved horn overflowing with fruit and ears of grain that is used as decoration and emblematic of abundance -lacking restraint -a lack of agreement -a mingling of discordant sounds -tending to deceive or mislead -exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds -not capable of or susceptible to change -the quality or state of being overly persistent in request or demand -having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment -to place side by side -a legally authorized period of delay -a branch of medical science that deals with birth and related issues -having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand -a representation of words or syllables by pictures or symbols -the act of exposing the falsity of an argument -having or showing vigor, strength, or firmness

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