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Vocabulary: Grade 9

Grade 9 words with clear definitions.

56 cardsGrades 9–12#vocabulary#grade 9

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  • abateWord
    To lessen
  • aberrationWord
    A departure from what is normal
  • acrimoniousWord
    Bitter in tone
  • adeptWord
    Highly skilled
  • adulationWord
    Excessive praise
  • alacrityWord
    Cheerful readiness
  • amicableWord
    Friendly
  • analogousWord
    Similar in some way
  • antagonistWord
    An opponent or enemy
  • apatheticWord
    Not caring
  • archaicWord
    Very old-fashioned
  • assuageWord
    To soothe
  • banalWord
    Dull from overuse
  • bolsterWord
    To support
  • brevityWord
    Shortness
  • censureWord
    Strong criticism
  • circumspectWord
    Careful about consequences
  • coalesceWord
    To come together as one
  • conciliatoryWord
    Willing to make peace
  • condoneWord
    To overlook or allow
  • connoisseurWord
    An expert judge in matters of taste
  • contentiousWord
    Likely to cause argument
  • convolutedWord
    Very complicated
  • corpulentWord
    Having a large, heavy body
  • debilitateWord
    To weaken
  • decorumWord
    Proper behavior
  • deferenceWord
    Polite respect
  • derideWord
    To mock
  • despondentWord
    Very discouraged
  • didacticWord
    Intended to teach
  • digressWord
    To wander from the main topic
  • discordWord
    Disagreement
  • disdainWord
    Scorn
  • docileWord
    Easy to manage
  • dogmaticWord
    Stubbornly insisting
  • dormantWord
    Sleeping or inactive
  • ebbWord
    To flow back
  • eclecticWord
    Drawing from many sources
  • efficacyWord
    Power to produce results
  • elusiveWord
    Hard to catch
  • emulateWord
    To copy in order to equal
  • enigmaWord
    A mystery
  • equivocalWord
    Having two possible meanings
  • eruditeWord
    Having great learning
  • eschewWord
    To avoid
  • exemplaryWord
    Serving as a model
  • exonerateWord
    To clear of blame
  • feasibleWord
    Possible
  • fortuitousWord
    Happening by lucky chance
  • garrulousWord
    Talking too much
  • haughtyWord
    Arrogantly proud
  • honeWord
    To sharpen
  • imminentWord
    About to happen
  • imperviousWord
    Not affected by
  • incisiveWord
    Sharp and clear
  • innocuousWord
    Harmless

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