9th Grade Word List: Language Arts
Words for students of 9th Grade, the page is for arts words (Difficult Words 1), which are important supplementary words for 9th Grade academic classes.
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absolve 
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v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation | |
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abstinent
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a. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink | |
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accolade
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n. award of merit; expression of approval; praise | |
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adamant
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a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding | |
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aesthetics
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n. the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste, emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art | |
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ameliorate
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v. make or become better; improve; grow better | |
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amiable
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a. good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly | |
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atypical
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a. not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type | |
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blithe
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a. joyous; showing a lack of proper thought or care; not caring or worrying | |
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caustic
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a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action | |
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concise
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a. brief and compact; expressing much in few words | |
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connoisseur
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n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts | |
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depravity
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n. extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness | |
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depreciation
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n. devaluation; decrease in price or value | |
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dogma
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n. something held as an established opinion, especially a definite authoritative tenet; doctrine | |
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emergent
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a. occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action; coming into existence | |
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ephemeral
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a. short-lived; enduring a very short time | |
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equitable
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a. marked by or having equity; just and impartial | |
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evanescent
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a. fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor | |
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expediency
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n. the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral | |
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fecund
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a. capable of producing offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive | |
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fiduciary
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a. involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary | |
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flimsy
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a. weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity | |
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furtively
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ad. in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively | |
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gesticulate
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v. show, express or direct through movement | |
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guile
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n. skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly | |
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hierarchy
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n. arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked | |
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ideology
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n. study of origin and nature of ideas | |
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ignominy
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n. deep disgrace; shame or dishonor | |
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impetuous
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a. marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate | |
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incense
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v. enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry | |
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indigenous
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a. native; originating where it is found | |
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indulgence
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n. the practice of allowing enjoyment of whatever is desired | |
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infinitesimal
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a. very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute | |
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infusion
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n. act or process of infusing; introduction of a solution into person through vein for therapeutic purposes | |
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inordinate
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a. exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly | |
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insipid
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a. lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull | |
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instigator
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n. a person who initiates a course of action; someone who deliberately foments trouble | |
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interdict
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n. a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity | |
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inversion
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n. turning upside down; a reversal of position, order, form, or relationship | |
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jurisprudence
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n. philosophy or science of law; division or department of law | |
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latency
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n. the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it; the state of being not yet evident or active | |
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levee
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n. a pier that provides a landing place on a river; a formal reception of visitors or guests , as at a royal court | |
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lugubrious
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a. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to exaggerated degree | |
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malleable
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a. capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable | |
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mayhem
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n. offense of willfully maiming or crippling a person; state of violent disorder; havoc; physical disturbance | |
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militia
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n. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | |
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monsieur
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n. used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English 'Mr' | |
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mortify
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v. cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass | |
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myriad
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a. of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand | |
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nepotism
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n. favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities | |
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nostalgia
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n. homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. | |
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nuance
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n. subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning | |
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occult
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a. hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown | |
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orthodox
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a. traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion | |
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palette
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n. board on which painter mixes pigments | |
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panacea
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n. remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all | |
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parity
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n. equality in status or amount; similarity or close | |
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patriarch
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n. father and ruler of family or tribe | |
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peccadillo
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n. slight offense; small sin or fault | |
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pedigree
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n. a line of ancestors; descent; lineage; register or record of a line of ancestors | |
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penitent
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a. feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds | |
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peripatetic
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a. traveling especially on foot | |
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perturb
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v. disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion | |
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plenary
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a. full in all respects; attended by all the people who have the right to attend | |
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posse
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n. a large group often with a common interest; a group of people temporarily organized to make a search | |
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potency
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n. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; the power or right to give orders or make decisions | |
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preeminent
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a. outstanding; superior to or notable above all others | |
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profuse
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a. in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal | |
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putative
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a. purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds | |
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recalcitrant
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a. obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority | |
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refute
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v. disprove; prove to be false or incorrect | |
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relinquish
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v. give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon | |
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reticent
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a. inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative. | |
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salutary
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a. tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health | |
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sanguine
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a. cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy | |
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secular
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a. worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century | |
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serendipity
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n. gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck | |
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sordid
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a. filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded | |
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staunch
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a. firm and dependable especially in loyalty; loyal and committed in attitude | |
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surrogate
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n. one that takes position of another; substitute | |
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tenable
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a. capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process | |
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touchstone
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n. stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; excellent quality used to test excellence or genuineness of others | |
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vapid
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a. dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor | |
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viable
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a. practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness | |
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virulent
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a. extremely poisonous or harmful in its effects; bitterly hostile | |