10th Grade Word List: Language Arts
Words for students of 10th Grade, the page is for arts words (Difficult Words 1), which are important supplementary words for 10th Grade academic classes.
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abash 
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v. embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert | |
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abnegate
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v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself | |
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affluent
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a. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | |
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alleviate
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v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part | |
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burgeon
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v. grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly | |
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burlesque
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v. give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously | |
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coalesce
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v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite | |
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consort
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v. habitually associate with someone; keep company | |
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contagion
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n. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; any disease easily transmitted by contact | |
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copious
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a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply | |
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decimate
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v. destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of | |
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deleterious
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a. having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous | |
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delude
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v. deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint | |
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demagogue
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n. person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people | |
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derision
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n. the act of treating with contempt; contemptuous laughter | |
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domesticity
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n. domestic activities or life; home or family life | |
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edify
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v. instruct or correct, especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement | |
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elusive
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a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind | |
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espouse
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v. take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt | |
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exonerate
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v. acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty | |
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faction
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n. a party of persons having a common end in view | |
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fetter
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v. restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper | |
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flamboyant
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a. elaborately or excessively ornamented | |
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fortuitous
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a. accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause | |
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garrulous
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a. talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details | |
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grisly
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a. frightfully; terribly; causing horror or disgust | |
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hiatus
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n. gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause | |
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hyperbole
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n. figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement | |
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idyllic
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a. excellent and delightful in all respects | |
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impeccable
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a. faultless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing | |
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inane
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a. silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void | |
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incorrigible
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a. not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage | |
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indignant
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a. affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath by unworthy or unjust treatment | |
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inexhaustible
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a. incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent | |
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inflammation
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n. the act of setting something on fire; arousal to violent emotion | |
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innate
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a. possessed at birth; inborn; originating in the mind | |
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insinuate
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v. hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means | |
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insolent
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a. strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful | |
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integrate
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v. make whole; combine; make into one unit | |
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introversion
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n. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; the condition of being folded inward or sheathed | |
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judicious
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a. exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent | |
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languish
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v. lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor | |
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legislative
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a. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; of or relating to or created by legislation | |
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loquacious
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a. talkative; given to continual talking; chattering | |
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magnanimous
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a. very generous or forgiving, especially toward someone less powerful than oneself; chivalrous | |
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maxim
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n. proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth | |
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milieu
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n. environment; person’s social setting or environment | |
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mollify
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v. make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling | |
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morose
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a. ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent | |
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mundane
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a. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary | |
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nebulous
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a. lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy | |
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nocturnal
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a. of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night | |
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noxious
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a. harmful to living things; injurious to health | |
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obstinacy
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n. the quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; resolute adherence to own ideas or desires | |
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onerous
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a. burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing | |
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ostentatious
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a. showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention | |
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paltry
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a. insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless | |
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paradox
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n. something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct | |
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patent
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a. open for the public to read; obvious; plain | |
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paucity
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n. scarcity; smallness of number; the presence of something only in small or insufficient amounts | |
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pedantic
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a. marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points | |
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penchant
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n. strong inclination; definite liking | |
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perennial
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n. lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time | |
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pernicious
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a. very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly | |
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platitude
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n. dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality | |
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polarize
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v. split into opposite extremes or camps | |
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postulate
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n. essential premise; underlying assumption | |
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preclude
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v. make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate | |
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pristine
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a. uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay | |
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prosaic
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a. dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual | |
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rationale
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n. fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons | |
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redolent
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a. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor | |
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relegate
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v. assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign | |
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reprisal
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n. action taken in return for injury or offense | |
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salient
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a. prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs | |
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sanctimonious
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a. excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious | |
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scrupulous
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a. exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious | |
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sentient
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a. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; consciously perceiving | |
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sloth
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n. laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals | |
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static
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a. having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary | |
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surfeit
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v. eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess | |
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temerity
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n. boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger | |
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tenuous
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a. long and thin; slender; having little substance | |
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urbane
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a. showing a high degree of refinement | |
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vernacular
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n. everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; natural style; standard native language of a country or locality | |
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vindicate
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v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend | |