9th Grade Vocabulary List 1 - Mr. Wheeler's Class Shelf

9th Grade Vocabulary List 1

WORD

POS

1. Adulterate v.

2. Augment

v.

3. Bereft

v.

4. Disparage

v.

5. Dour

adj.

6. Encapsulate v.

7. Fortitude

n.

8. Insidious

adj.

9. Intimate

v.

10. Opulent

adj.

11. Ostensible

adj.

12. Pliable

adj.

13. Proscribe

v.

14. Recede

v.

15. Reiterate

v.

16. Remittance n.

17. Sophistry

n.

18. Stolid

adj.

19. Tentative

adj.

20. Vernacular n.

DEFINITION & NOTES -to corrupt or make worse by addition of something of lesser value -to make large or increase -deprived of; made unhappy through a loss -express a negative opinion which often results in a diminished value -stern, unyielding, gloomy, or ill-humored -to enclose in -courage in facing difficulty -intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous -a hint or indirect suggestion -wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose -of or related to motives or facts that are apparent but not necessarily real or true -easily bent; flexible; easily influenced -command against -move back or retreat -to say again or repeat -payment -elaborate and eloquent but logically invalid arguments often intended to deceive -not easily moved mentally or emotionally; unresponsive -experimental in nature; uncertain; hesitant -common language; everyday speech; often related to a particular locale

9th Grade Vocabulary List 2

WORD

POS DEFINITION & NOTES

1. Abdicate

v.

-to give up a position, a right, or power

2. Blight

n.

-an affliction, destroying element, or disease

3. Blithe

adj.

-joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

4. Ephemeral

adj.

-lasting a short time

5. Fervid

adj.

-intensely emotional

6. Fetid

adj.

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7. Flag

v.

-to decline in vigor, strength, or interest

8. Florid

adj.

-excessively decorated or embellished

9. Glower

v.

-to glare at or stare angrily or intensely at

10. Gullible

adj.

-easily deceived

11. Irascible

adj.

-easily made angry

12. Ignominy

n.

-public shame or disgrace

13. Lament

v.

-to express sorrow or grief

14. Monastic

adj.

-extremely plain or secluded

15. Nominal

adj.

-existing in name only; negligible

16. Nuance

n.

-a subtle expression of meaning or quality

17. Pathology

n.

- foul smelling or putrid

18. Sedition

n.

-behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder

19. Specious

adj.

-deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

20. Tawdry

adj.

-cheap, gaudy, or showy

9th Grade Vocabulary List 3

WORD

POS

1. Austere

adj.

2. Banal

adj.

3. Belfry

n.

4. Chauvinist

n.

5. Corroborate v.

6. Crescendo

n.

7. Dissemble

v.

8. Emulate

v.

9. Expurgate

v.

10. Fecund

adj.

11. Frugality

n.

12. Grovel

v.

13. Guile

n.

14. Hegemony n.

15. Luminous

adj.

16. Nascent

adj.

17. Parley

v.

18. Sanguine

adj.

19. Sportive

adj.

20. Stratagem

n.

DEFINITION & NOTES -severe or stern in appearance; undecorated -predictable, clich?d, boring -a bell tower; a room in which a bell is hung -someone prejudiced in favor of the group to which he or she belongs -to support with evidence -steadily increasing in volume, force, or pitch to a terminal peak -to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character -to copy; to try to equal or excel -to censor or edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate -fertile, fruitful, or productive -tending to be thrifty or cheap -to humble oneself in a demeaning way -deceit or trickery -the domination of one state or group over its allies -bright, brilliant, glowing -starting to develop or coming into existence -discuss, usually between enemies -ruddy, cheerfully optimistic -frolicsome, playful -a trick designed to deceive or to gain advantage over

9th Grade Vocabulary List 4

WORD

POS

1. Assuage

v.

2. Audacious

adj.

3. Circumspect adj.

4. Condone

v.

5. Desiccate

v.

6. Diatribe

n.

7. Dogmatic

adj.

8. Droll

adj.

9. Eloquent

adj.

10. Fallow

adj.

11. Furtive

adj.

12. Lampoon

v.

13. Malinger

v.

14. Orotund

adj.

15. Reticent

adj.

16. Sardonic

adj.

17. Sully

v.

18. Surfeit

n.

19. Verdant

adj.

20. Vernal

adj.

DEFINITION & NOTES -to make something unpleasant less severe; to reduce severity -fearless and daring -cautious; aware of potential consequences -to overlook, harden, or disregard -to dry out thoroughly -an abusive, condemnatory speech -dictatorial in one's opinion -amusing in a wry, subtle way -persuasive and moving especially in speech -dormant; unused -secret or stealthy -to ridicule usually with satire -to evade responsibility -pompous -silent or reserved -cynical; scornfully mocking -to varnish or taint -an excessive amount -green with vegetation; inexperienced -related to spring, youth, or freshness

9th Grade Vocabulary List 5

WORD

POS

1. Advocate

n.

2. Belabor

v.

3. Complaisance n.

4. Corpulent

adj.

5. Debut

n.

6. Effectual

adj.

7. Filibuster

n.

8. Galvanized adj.

9. Impropriety n.

10. Minutiae

n.

11. Ostracism

n.

12. Peccadillo

n.

13. Rent

v.

14. Ribald

adj.

15. Solace

v.

16. Tare

n.

17. Torpid

adj.

18. Undermined adj.

19. Virulence

n.

20. Vivacity

n.

DEFINITION & NOTES -one that pleads the cause of another -to explain or insist on excessively -disposition to please or comply -having a large bulky body -a first appearance or formal entrance into society -producing or able to produce a desired result -the use of tactics to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly -subjected to the action of an electric current for the purpose of stimulating physiologically -an improper or indecorous act or remark -a minor detail -exclusion by general consent -a slight offense -synonymous to the past tense of tear -crude, offensive -to comfort in grief or misfortune -a weed of grain in fields; an undesirable element -lacking in energy or vigor -weakened insidiously or secretly -extreme bitterness or malignity of temper -the quality of state of being lively in temper, conduct, or spirit

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