10th Grade Spelling Words Quiz Card

 [Esc]  a. full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through

 [Esc]  n. descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations

 [Esc]  n. position or arrangement of the body and its limbs

 [Esc]  a. uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability

 [Esc]  n. act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases

 [Esc]  n. cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position

 [Esc]  a. extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward

 [Esc]  n. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

 [Esc]  a. first public performance, as of a movie or play; premier

 [Esc]  n. superiority in numbers or amount

 [Esc]  n. something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition

 [Esc]  v. dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim

 [Esc]  v. be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director; direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer

 [Esc]  a. honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status

 [Esc]  a. preceding in the order of time; former; previous

 [Esc]  a. inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency

 [Esc]  n. natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection

 [Esc]  n. one who has legal title to something; owner

 [Esc]  n. fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness

 [Esc]  n. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

 [Esc]  v. flourish; thrive; gain in wealth; grow stronger

 [Esc]  n. pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role

 [Esc]  n. extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods

 [Esc]  n. great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty

 [Esc]  a. marked by precise accordance with details

 [Esc]  a. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

 [Esc]  n. pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing

 [Esc]  v. call up or summon; call together for a common purpose

 [Esc]  v. grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment

 [Esc]  v. destroy completely; scrape or shave off

 [Esc]  v. retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song

 [Esc]  n. container; reservoir; an object or space used to contain something

 [Esc]  n. rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

 [Esc]  n. one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive

 [Esc]  v. render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back

 [Esc]  n. one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance

 [Esc]  n. uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment

 [Esc]  v. purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay penalty; make amends for

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

 [Esc]  n. one who flees to shelter, or place of safety

 [Esc]  n. prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control

 [Esc]  n. retort; comeback; answer to a reply

 [Esc]  v. make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance

 [Esc]  v. give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper

 [Esc]  v. recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories

 [Esc]  n. remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

 [Esc]  n. meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships

 [Esc]  n. translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work

 [Esc]  v. deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation

 [Esc]  n. list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills

 [Esc]  n. copy or reproduction of a work of art

 [Esc]  v. express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace

 [Esc]  a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily

 [Esc]  a. impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control

 [Esc]  v. restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive

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

 [Esc]  a. holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease

 [Esc]  n. following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person

 [Esc]  v. do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge

 [Esc]  n. art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language

 [Esc]  v. pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout

 [Esc]  n. rough, disorderly person; boisterous person