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9th Grade: 9th Grade Word List: Language Arts (Difficult Words 2) |
attrition ![]() |
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n. gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment |
debauchery ![]() |
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n. corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance; excessive indulgence of the appetites |
dissension ![]() |
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n. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters; disagreement among those expected to cooperate |
fabrication ![]() |
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n. making something a product from raw materials; the action or process of manufacturing or inventing something |
insurgent ![]() |
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a. rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party |
laureate ![]() |
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n. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath |
metamorphosis ![]() |
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n. marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function; major transformation |
moot ![]() |
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a. open to argument or debate; subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision |
nihilism ![]() |
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n. the delusion that things do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal; complete denial of all established authority and institutions |
orthodoxy ![]() |
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n. a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards; the quality of being orthodox, especially in religion |
paradigm ![]() |
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n. one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality |
parody ![]() |
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n. work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
posterior ![]() |
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a. later in time; later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; located behind |
pragmatic ![]() |
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a. practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something |
promiscuous ![]() |
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a. having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior |