10th Grade Words for Langhorne, PA, USA
Words for 10th Grade students of Neshaminy School District.
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10th Grade Words for Neshaminy School District
adumbrate
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v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade |
aphorism
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n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion |
apostrophe
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n. text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers |
benighted
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a. in a state of intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity
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censorious
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a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure |
cognate
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a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function |
complicity
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n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing |
conscientious
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a. wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly; diligent; responsible; reliable |
deleterious
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a. having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous |
discretionary
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a. having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment |
epitome
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n. representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article |
epochal
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a. highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era |
errant
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a. wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving; irregular in motion |
impassive
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a. without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited |
impound
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v. shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound; gather and retain in a reservoir, basin, or pond |
impressionable
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a. readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional |
iridescent
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a. exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors |
macrocosm
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n. the whole universe or entire world; complex structure, such as society, considered as single entity that contains numerous smaller-scale structures |
menagerie
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n. collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept |
microcosm
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n. small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
mundane
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a. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
nether
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a. situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under; |
obtrusive
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a. inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
omnivorous
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a. eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having interest in a variety of subjects |
peculation
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n. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else |
pedantic
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a. marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
perfidy
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n. act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery |
pretentious
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a. intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious |
protagonist
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n. principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
remission
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n. temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; lessening of intensity or degree |
sedentary
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a. requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory |
soliloquy
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n. talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience |
sonorous
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a. having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel |
sophistry
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n. argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic |
surreptitious
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a. secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |
unwarranted
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a. having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality |
volley
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n. flight of missiles; round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces |
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