9th Grade Word List: Language Arts
Words for students of 9th Grade, the page is for arts words (Difficult Words 2), which are important supplementary words for 9th Grade academic classes.
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abridge 
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v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text | |
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accost
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v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request | |
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affinity
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n. natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage | |
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agnostic
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n. one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality | |
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alacrity
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n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness | |
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altruism
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n. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others | |
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amenity
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n. pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | |
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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 | |
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bastion
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n. fortress; projecting part of fortification; well-fortified position | |
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cadence
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n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat | |
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cohesion
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n. tendency to keep together; sticking together of particles of the same substance | |
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contingent
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a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual. | |
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criterion
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n. standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test | |
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debauchery
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n. corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance; excessive indulgence of the appetites | |
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destitute
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a. extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid | |
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diffident
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a. showing modest reserve; lacking self-confidence | |
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dissension
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n. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters; disagreement among those expected to cooperate | |
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elevation
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n. altitude; height above a given level, especially sea level | |
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erudite
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a. learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books | |
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exalted
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a. superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value | |
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fabrication
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n. making something a product from raw materials; the action or process of manufacturing or inventing something | |
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felicity
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n. great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style | |
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flagrant
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a. obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice | |
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flout
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v. reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt | |
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futurist
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n. someone who predicts the future | |
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gregarious
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a. sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others | |
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heyday
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n. period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age | |
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homogenous
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a. all of the same or similar kind or nature | |
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idiosyncrasy
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n. behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | |
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illicit
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a. illegal; unlawful; not authorized or permitted | |
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implement
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v. put into effect; supply with tools | |
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incisive
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a. penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression | |
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indigent
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a. poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished | |
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ineffable
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a. unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech | |
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infinity
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n. unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity | |
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ingratitude
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n. lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received | |
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insidious
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a. spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap | |
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insolence
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n. scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct | |
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insurgent
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a. rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party | |
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intrinsic
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a. relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in | |
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jaded
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a. fatigued dulled by surfeit; exhausted; worn out; wearied | |
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laconic
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a. brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words | |
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laureate
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n. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath | |
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linguistic
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a. relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language | |
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machination
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n. clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes | |
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matriculate
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v. enroll in college or graduate school | |
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metamorphosis
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n. marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function; major transformation | |
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misanthropic
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a. believing the worst of human nature and motives; hating mankind in general | |
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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 | |
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mulatto
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n. an offspring of a black and a white parent | |
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narcissism
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n. an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself | |
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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 | |
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novel
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a. previously unknown; strikingly new, unusual, or different; young | |
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obdurate
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a. hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion | |
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officious
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a. marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others | |
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orthodoxy
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n. a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards; the quality of being orthodox, especially in religion | |
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palpable
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a. tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable | |
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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 | |
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parody
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n. work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of | |
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patrician
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a. belong to noble origin; having high birth | |
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pedagogy
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n. teaching; art of education; science of teaching | |
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pejorative
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a. tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling | |
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peremptory
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a. offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal | |
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periphery
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n. edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference | |
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pivotal
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a. being of vital or central importance; crucial | |
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plethora
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n. excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance | |
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posterior
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a. later in time; later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; located behind | |
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pragmatic
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a. practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something | |
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premise
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n. proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it | |
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promiscuous
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a. having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | |
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ramification
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n. act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch | |
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recede
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v. move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension | |
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reiterate
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v. say, state, or perform again or repeatedly | |
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renaissance
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n. revival; renewal; revival of learning and culture | |
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saffron
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n. a moderate orange to orange yellow; a shade of yellow tinged with orange | |
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samovar
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n. a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea | |
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sardonic
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a. disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking | |
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seismic
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a. caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking | |
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servile
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a. slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor | |
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stagnation
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n. inactivity of liquids; without current or circulation | |
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stigmatize
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v. accuse; condemn; mark as wicked | |
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tantamount
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a. equivalent in effect or value | |
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tenacious
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a. sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly | |
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unctuous
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a. oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness | |
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verisimilitude
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n. appearance of truth; probability; likelihood | |
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vicarious
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a. acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand | |