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High School Words: Spelling Words for 9th Grade (List 3)
desire
n. a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
despair
n. loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
detain
v. keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
devoid
a. completely lacking; barren or empty
dexterity
n. right-handedness; readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts
differ
v. be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
digest
v. break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
diminish
v. dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
discard
v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
discharge
v. relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
dismiss
v. stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
displace
v. move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
disproportionate
a. unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
dispute
n. argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
disrupt
v. upset; throw into confusion or disorder
dissolve
v. melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
distress
n. discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
distribute
v. hand out; disseminate; allocate
document
v. provide written evidence; record in detail
domesticate
v. cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
doting
a. weak-minded; foolishly loving and indulgent
drab
a. dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
drench
v. wet through and through; soak; put potion down throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
drought
n. dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
drowsy
a. dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
dual
a. expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
duplicate
n. one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
dwell
v. live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
ease
n. satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
economical
a. thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
edict
n. decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
effective
a. efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
efficient
a. effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
elaborate
a. marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
elated
a. overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
elevate
v. raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
elude
v. avoid cleverly; escape perception of
embark
v. commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
emerge
v. come into prominence; spring up; appear
employ
v. engage the services of; put to work; apply
enchant
v. charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
enclose
v. include; surround on all sides; close in
endanger
v. threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
endow
v. grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
enforce
v. put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
engross
v. occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
engulf
v. absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
ensure
v. make sure or certain; insure; assure
envy
n. malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
epidemic
n. outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
equator
n. the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres
establish
v. set up or found; build
estimate
v. judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
eternal
a. forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
ethnic
a. relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
excel
v. be superior; distinguish oneself
expanse
n. patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
expedition
n. journey organized for a particular purpose
expletive
n. interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
export
v. sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
extensive
a. widespread; far-reaching; wide
exterminate
v. eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
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