9th Grade Cards for Hyde Park, New York

v. pronounce clear of guilt or blame; grant remission of sin to; acquit

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part

a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

a. mixed; experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings

v. discover or reveal something through detailed examination; diagnose; examine

n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act

v. come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near

a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

n. essential quality; reputation; honor

a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being

a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope

n. an idea that is implied or suggested

n. act of distinguishing by comparing differences

a. capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy

a. casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed

n. a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons

n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

a. inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element

v. show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove

v. represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe

v. obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of

v. take away a part from; diminish

v. ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate

v. turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking

n. a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things

a. assiduous; industrious; hard working

v. differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval

v. twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent

n. act of turning aside; pastime; activity that relaxes or entertains

n. an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression

v. draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer

v. avoid cleverly; escape perception of

v. rise; increase in extent or intensity

v. judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

v. increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate

n. passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition

v. serve as an example of; embody

a. precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken

n. exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue

v. be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence

a. capable of being accomplished or brought about

v. make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine

v. rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly

v. decide upon and express in words

v. bring into being; give rise to; produce

n. most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; central idea

a. based on assumptions; supposed

a. fair; showing lack of favoritism

a. unlikely; difficult to believe; dubious

n. something hinted at or suggested; act of implying; condition of being implied

v. express or indicate indirectly; signify

n. something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward

a. lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner

a. lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive

a. notoriously bad; having exceedingly bad reputation

v. enrage; make furious or mad with anger

n. a new method, idea, product; introduction of something new

v. explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher

v. frighten; make timid; fill with fear

v. seclude; set apart or cut off from others

v. endanger; imperil; put at risk

a. profitable; producing good profit

a. obligatory; required or commanded by authority

v. resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties

v. cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass

n. small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it

v. darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity

a. no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated

v. ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence

n. ability to notice and understand things that are not obvious to other people

n. appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista

a. having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating

v. weigh; weigh in the mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively

a. widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted

n. one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer

a. punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment

n. a good understanding of someone; an ability to communicate well with people; emotional closeness

n. fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons

v. correct inconsistencies; become compatible or consistent

a. exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy

a. individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful

v. do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront

v. destroy property or hinder normal operations

n. close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.

v. make a pretence of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks

v. spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for

v. submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in

a. able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable

n. practical method or art applied to some particular task; skillfulness

a. relating to injury caused by violence; adapted to cure of wounds; vulnerary

n. a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder

a. logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; well grounded

v. confirm; prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony

a. practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness

a. susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt