{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-vocab-grade-9",
 "id": "la-vocab-grade-9",
 "title": "Vocabulary: Grade 9",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Grade 9 words with clear definitions.",
 "tags": [
  "vocabulary",
  "grade 9"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Word",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "abate",
   "To lessen"
  ],
  [
   "aberration",
   "A departure from what is normal"
  ],
  [
   "acrimonious",
   "Bitter in tone"
  ],
  [
   "adept",
   "Highly skilled"
  ],
  [
   "adulation",
   "Excessive praise"
  ],
  [
   "alacrity",
   "Cheerful readiness"
  ],
  [
   "amicable",
   "Friendly"
  ],
  [
   "analogous",
   "Similar in some way"
  ],
  [
   "antagonist",
   "An opponent or enemy"
  ],
  [
   "apathetic",
   "Not caring"
  ],
  [
   "archaic",
   "Very old-fashioned"
  ],
  [
   "assuage",
   "To soothe"
  ],
  [
   "banal",
   "Dull from overuse"
  ],
  [
   "bolster",
   "To support"
  ],
  [
   "brevity",
   "Shortness"
  ],
  [
   "censure",
   "Strong criticism"
  ],
  [
   "circumspect",
   "Careful about consequences"
  ],
  [
   "coalesce",
   "To come together as one"
  ],
  [
   "conciliatory",
   "Willing to make peace"
  ],
  [
   "condone",
   "To overlook or allow"
  ],
  [
   "connoisseur",
   "An expert judge in matters of taste"
  ],
  [
   "contentious",
   "Likely to cause argument"
  ],
  [
   "convoluted",
   "Very complicated"
  ],
  [
   "corpulent",
   "Having a large, heavy body"
  ],
  [
   "debilitate",
   "To weaken"
  ],
  [
   "decorum",
   "Proper behavior"
  ],
  [
   "deference",
   "Polite respect"
  ],
  [
   "deride",
   "To mock"
  ],
  [
   "despondent",
   "Very discouraged"
  ],
  [
   "didactic",
   "Intended to teach"
  ],
  [
   "digress",
   "To wander from the main topic"
  ],
  [
   "discord",
   "Disagreement"
  ],
  [
   "disdain",
   "Scorn"
  ],
  [
   "docile",
   "Easy to manage"
  ],
  [
   "dogmatic",
   "Stubbornly insisting"
  ],
  [
   "dormant",
   "Sleeping or inactive"
  ],
  [
   "ebb",
   "To flow back"
  ],
  [
   "eclectic",
   "Drawing from many sources"
  ],
  [
   "efficacy",
   "Power to produce results"
  ],
  [
   "elusive",
   "Hard to catch"
  ],
  [
   "emulate",
   "To copy in order to equal"
  ],
  [
   "enigma",
   "A mystery"
  ],
  [
   "equivocal",
   "Having two possible meanings"
  ],
  [
   "erudite",
   "Having great learning"
  ],
  [
   "eschew",
   "To avoid"
  ],
  [
   "exemplary",
   "Serving as a model"
  ],
  [
   "exonerate",
   "To clear of blame"
  ],
  [
   "feasible",
   "Possible"
  ],
  [
   "fortuitous",
   "Happening by lucky chance"
  ],
  [
   "garrulous",
   "Talking too much"
  ],
  [
   "haughty",
   "Arrogantly proud"
  ],
  [
   "hone",
   "To sharpen"
  ],
  [
   "imminent",
   "About to happen"
  ],
  [
   "impervious",
   "Not affected by"
  ],
  [
   "incisive",
   "Sharp and clear"
  ],
  [
   "innocuous",
   "Harmless"
  ]
 ]
}