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10TH Grade Vocabulary List

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Word

Part of
Speech

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Abate
Abdicate

Verb
Verb

Aberration

Noun

Abject

Adjective

Accrue

Verb

Aesthetic

Adjective

Ambivalent

Adjective

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Ameliorate
Animosity

Verb
Noun

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Ardent

Adjective

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Arduous

Adjective

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Ascribe
Auspicious

Verb
Adjective

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Befuddle
Beleaguer

Verb
Verb

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Belligerent

Adjective

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Bombast

Noun

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Brusque

Adjective

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Capitulate

Verb

Definition
To put an end to, diminish, or weaken.
To formally give up or step down from a
high office or powerful position.
A departure from what is normal or
expected; a deviation from customary
course of action.
Allowing for no hope of improvement or
relief; describing the most miserable or
wretched person or situation.
To gather over a period of time;
accumulate or grow.
Sensitive to or appreciative of art or
beauty.
Uncertain, with mixed or conflicted
feelings.
To improve or upgrade; to make better.
Intense hostility toward a person or
thing; a bitter dislike directed towards
something or someone.
Passionate or full of great enthusiasm or
eagerness.
Difficult and requiring much effort and
hard work; challenging to endure or
overcome.
To assign cause to a person or thing.
Marked with lucky signs or good omens,
with the promise of success (reason for
optimism).
To confuse, perplex, or mystify.
To harass someone and make them feel
embattled or under pressure.
Ready to start a war or fight; hostile,
aggressive, or pugnacious.
Haughty, overblown, or pompous
language; long or pretentious word
choice.
Abrupt, blunt, short or curt in manner of
speech (showing impatience).
To surrender, according to specific
conditions; to accede to demands; to

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Capricious

Adjective

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Cavalier

Adjective

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Chagrin

Noun

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Circumvent

Verb

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Clandestine

Adjective

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Collusion

Noun

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Congenial

Adjective

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Conjecture

Noun

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Consummate
Convoluted

Verb
Adjective

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Copious
Credence

Adjective
Noun

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Credulous

Adjective

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Culpable

Adjective

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Debilitate

Verb

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Delineate

Verb

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Despondent

Adjective

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Diabolical

Adjective

give in to pressure.
Unpredictable, impulsive; prone to
making sudden unplanned changes.
Arrogantly unconcerned about things
considered important; nonchalant,
especially in regards to serious matters.
A feeling of humiliation, due to
disappointment.
To avoid rules or laws without actually
breaking them; to maneuver around
authority.
Hidden, secret; concealed from general
view.
Secret cooperation among a number of
people, usually to accomplish something
illegal or wrong; a conspiratorial secret or
plot.
Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in a
persons nature or character.
The formation or expression of an
opinion or theory, without sufficient
evidence or proof.
To achieve, fulfill, complete, or finalize.
Too complex or intricate to understand
easily; complicated.
Produced in large quantities; abundant.
A belief in something as factual; faith in a
things legitimacy.
Too easily convinced that something is
true; given to accept or believe readily.
Deserving blame or punishment for
something wrong; accountable for errors
or misdeeds.
To weaken or sap the strength from
someone or something.
To describe or explain something in
detail; to outline or describe the principal
points of something.
Extremely unhappy, depressed, dejected,
or discouraged.
Having the qualities of a devil; devilish;
fiendish; outrageously wicked.

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Diatribe
Dichotomy

Noun
Noun

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Diminutive
Disconcerting

Adjective
Adjective

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Dissuade

Verb

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Droll
Effrontery

Adjective
Noun

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Egregious

Adjective

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Eloquence

Noun

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Emphatic

Adjective

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Espouse

Verb

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Exacerbate

Verb

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Fiasco
Foible

Noun
Noun

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Garner

Verb

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Gregarious

Adjective

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Guile

Noun

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Hapless
Hierarchy

Adjective
Noun

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Idyllic

Adjective

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Impervious

Adjective

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Incendiary

Adjective

A bitter verbal or written attack.


Contrasting ideas, parts, or concepts;
contradictory thoughts or groups.
Very small or smaller than usual.
Causing unease, confusion, or dismay;
upsetting harmony or balance.
To persuade someone against a course of
action.
Amusing in a wry, odd, or funny way.
An attitude or action notable for being
bold, shameless, or arrogant.
Incorrect, to an extraordinary level; bad
in a flagrant or ridiculous way.
The ability to speak expressively and
persuasively; convincing and pleasant
language.
Strongly expressed; uttered boldly;
insistent; forceful.
To adopt, support, or advocate a
particular belief or cause.
To worsen or agitate an already bad
situation.
A total, humiliating, or ludicrous failure.
An idiosyncrasy small weakness, failing,
fault, or character flaw that is highly
insignificant.
To earn, acquire, collect, amass, gather,
or accumulate something by effort.
Very friendly, sociable, outgoing, or
cordial; happy in the company of others.
A cunning, deceitful, and treacherous
quality or type of behavior.
Unlucky or unfortunate.
An organization or group with members
arranged by ranks, in order of seniority
or power.
Serenely beautiful, untroubled, and
happy.
Remaining unmoved and unaffected by
others opinions or actions; impossible to
divert or alter.
Designed to excite or inflame, as in

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Indolent

Adjective

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Inundation

Noun

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Invective

Noun

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Juggernaut

Noun

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Juxtapose

Verb

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Laggard

Noun

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Lambaste

Verb

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Languid

Adjective

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Lugubrious

Adjective

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Magnanimous
Malaise

Adjective
Noun

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Matriculate

Verb

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Mercurial

Adjective

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Mitigate

Verb

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Moribund

Adjective

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Nemesis

Noun

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Neophyte

Noun

causing civil unrest. Able to catch fire


easily.
Lazy, lethargic, not showing an interest
in making an effort, as a way of life.
An overwhelming amount of things to
deal with.
Abusive expression or language used to
denounce, attack, or blame someone.
A force that is relentlessly destructive
and that crushes all obstacles in its way.
To place two or more things together,
side by side for the comparison and
contrast.
Someone or something that falls behind
and does not keep up with others; one
who lags behind or loiters.
To criticize someone or something
severely; to reprimand sharply or attack
verbally (to beat harshly).
Lacking vigor and energy; listless,
indifferent, sluggish, or slow.
Extremely sad or gloomy; mournful to an
inappropriate degree.
Very generous, kind, or forgiving.
Vague sense of worry, discontent, or
dissatisfaction and the bad feelings that
come with it.
To enroll as a member of a specific group
or body, especially a college or
university.
Lively, witty, fast-talking, hard to catch,
and likely to do the unexpected.
To make an offense or crime less serious
or more excusable; to lessen harshness,
severity, violence, impact, or degree.
Nearly dead; becoming obsolete; losing
all sense of purpose or vitality.
A bitter enemy; an opponent motivated
by revenge, who will stop at nothing to
inflict punishment.
A beginner or novice at a task or
endeavor.

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Noxious

Adjective

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Nuance

Noun

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Nullify

Verb

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Obesity
Obsequious

Noun
Adjective

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Obtrusive

Adjective

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Onerous

Adjective

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Opaque

Adjective

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Paragon

Noun

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Paucity

Noun

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Perfunctory

Adjective

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Pernicious

Adjective

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Pilfer

Verb

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Pithy

Adjective

91

Pittance

Noun

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Placate

Verb

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Plethora

Noun

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Pontificate

Verb

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Portend

Verb

Harmful to life or health; poisonous.


Likely to cause moral or spiritual harm;
corrupting or debilitating influence.
A very slight difference in meaning, tone,
color, or feeling.
To make something legally invalid or
ineffective; to cancel something out.
A condition of extreme excess body fat.
Excessively eager to please or to obey all
instructions.
Tending to force ones opinions or
presence on others.
Burdensome; something with heavy
obligation.
Impenetrable to light, so images cannot
be seen through it; obscure in meaning.
The very best example of something;
perfection.
An inadequacy, shortage, or lack of
something; a small number of
something.
Something done as a matter of fact,
routinely, without thought, attention, or
genuine feeling.
Causing great harm, destruction, injury,
or death; wicked.
To steal small items of little value,
especially on a habitual basis.
Brief yet forceful and to the point, often
with a touch of wit.
Very small amount of something,
especially money, allowance, or salary.
To make someone less angry, upset, or
hostile, usually by saying or doing
something to please.
A very large amount or number, vast
quantity, oversupply, or excessive
amount.
To speak about something in a knowing
and self-important way, often without
qualification.
To indicate, suggest, foretell that

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Pristine

Adjective

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Profligate

Adjective

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Puerile

Adjective

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Pugnacious

Adjective

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Quagmire

Noun

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Qualm

Noun

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Remedial

Adjective

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Replete

Adjective

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Respite

Noun

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Reticent

Adjective

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Rhetorical

Adjective

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Ruminate

Verb

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Sagacious

Adjective

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Scintillate

Verb

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Serene

Adjective

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Subjugate

Verb

something, especially something


unpleasant, is imminent.
So clean as to look new or unspoiled;
uncorrupted by outside influences.
Extremely extravagant, wasteful, or
shamelessly immoral.
Silly, in a childish way; juvenile;
immature.
Prone to quarrels or fights; given to
conflict or aggressive behavior.
An awkward, complicated, or dangerous
situation from which it is difficult to
escape.
An uneasy feeling about an action or
event; misgiving or concern regarding
right or wrong.
Acting as a remedy or solution to a
problem. Designed to help those with
difficulties, or to improve skills or
knowledge.
Amply and completely supplied with
something.
Brief period of rest and recovery,
between periods of exertion or after
something disagreeable.
Unwilling to communicate very much,
talk a great deal, or reveal all facts.
Asked with no expectation of response.
Persuasive and skillful as in
argumentation.
To think carefully and at length about
something; to ponder and review
mentally, over and over in ones mind.
Possessing excellent judgment and
discernment skills; able to make wise
decisions.
To dazzle in a lively, clever, or witty way;
to excite.
Clear and calm, without worry,
disturbance, or stress.
To put someone, a group, or a nation

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Sublime

Adjective

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Succinct

Adjective

114

Sycophant

Noun

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Synchronicity

Noun

116

Tacit

Adjective

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Tantalizing

Adjective

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Tenable

Adjective

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Tenacity

Noun

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Throng
Travail

Noun
Verb

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Trepidation

Noun

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Trite

Adjective

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Ubiquitous

Adjective

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Umbrage

Noun

126

Urbane

Adjective

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Vacillate
Writhe

Verb
Verb

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Xenophobe

Noun

under control; to cause to be


subservient.
Awe-inspiring beauty that seems
heavenly. Lofty, splendid, or complete.
Compact and clear; expressed without
unnecessary words.
Someone who flatters a powerful person
for personal gain; an ambitious flatterer.
Coincidental events, especially thoughts
or dreams, that seem related even
though they are not obviously caused by
each other.
Understood or implied without being
stated.
Attractive or tempting, often due to
unavailability or unattainability.
Justified in a fair or rational way;
defensible, due to sufficient evidence.
The quality of being unyielding or
stubborn; the ability to stick firmly to a
decision or opinion.
A large crowd of persons or objects.
To work hard, especially over a long
period of time, at a physically demanding
job.
Fear about the future or particular future
event.
Overused; lacking in interest or
originality.
Seemingly present everywhere at once;
so common as to appear to be all places.
Resentment or annoyance arising from
an offense; something or someone
causing intense irritation.
Sophisticated, refined, or courteous; well
versed in social graces.
To be indecisive; waiver between options.
To making a violent twisting and rolling
movement, often as the result of severe
pain.
Someone who has an unreasonable fear
or dislike of foreign people or foreign

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Zenith

Noun

things.
The highest point or climax of a thing or
event; the peak or apex.

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