Vocabulary Grade 10A
First Semester
Second Semester

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First Semester

Lesson One

 
acquittal
analogy
assert
antiquity
condescend
electorate
contemptuous
ethical
elite
excerpt
evolve
heresy
fortitude
paternal
inarticulate
pauper
mentor
posthumous
notoriety
prophetic

Lesson Two

amiable
apprehensive
anthropology
callous
bayou
commendable
grimace
indignant
indomitable
ineffectual
malleable
judicious
melodramatic
mystic
succumb
paraphrase
visage
personification
whimsical
verbatim

Lesson Three

affiliate ascertain
ecstatic atrocious
encumber compassion
invariably composure
plausible deteriorate
pompous insipid
portly lament
proximity loathe
rejuvenate painstaking
unprecedented repress

Lesson Four

aesthetic fabricate
charisma impediment
cliché mediocre
conceive mien
emphatically opportune
martial qualm
paradox reactionary
prolific stamina
recipient zealous
wan zephyr

Lesson Five

axiom encompass
compatible implacable
compliance incentive
inanimate militant
indestructible pivotal
innate postulate
mutable retribution
perception stringent
prevalent transcend
recourse transitory

Lesson Six

autonomy appease
besiege archaic
devastation balmy
inclement beguile
latitude commence
perseverance espionage
precarious facsimile
vulnerable invincible
wane pretext
wreak vigilant

Lesson Seven

coffer apex
edifice bourgeois
hieroglyphic canine
inaccessible defunct
innovation influx
juncture meager
retainer obliterate
rivulet ossify
subsidize perceive
tawny ravage

Lesson Eight

buffet abound
delectable aptitude
ensue astute
expedient conducive
facilitate erratic
hors d'oeuvre pastoral
lapse quantitative
palatable recur
steppe requisite
succulent zenith

Lesson Nine

annihilate clemency
concession harass
decimate inhibition
disperse mandatory
diversion mannerism
evade meticulous
flagrant mettle
insolence protocol
purge submission
sadistic ultimatum

Lesson Ten

admirably bedlam
affidavit colloquial
amnesty consolidate
bias constituent
censure curtail
diminutive destitute
inalienable emancipate
mosque exultant
rift ornate
timorous prelude

Lesson Eleven

bestride clangor
casement enjoin
debut gloat
documentary indict
fluctuate legacy
melancholy livid
reprieve mortify
requiem patent
theoretical patriarch
vehement wheedle

Lesson Twelve

botch arbiter
clientele breach
closure cant
condole equilibrium
convene imperceptible
crony oblivious
impartial rectify
inertia stratagem
momentum subsidiary
stipulate substantially

Lesson Thirteen

debase abdicate
effervescent episode
explicate inadvertent
immaculate infallible
imposition itinerary
mull naive
quibble rankle
resonant sardonic
sporadic stimulant
synthesis translucent

Lesson Fourteen

demure detonate
edify eject
intermittent irrational
intuition jostle
irrelevant lexicon
pallid merge
redundant potency
reminiscent rendezvous
sequel seethe
synopsis simulate

Lesson Fifteen

decrepit carp
farce caustic
inconsistent coincidental
irksome incendiary
jargon negligible
malignant odious
obligatory protrude
parody scenario
pertinent sordid
rebuke transition

Second Semester

Lesson One

abeyance abnegation
abrogate accentuate
acquiesce acquisitive
adulation affinity
aggrandize allegory
allusion altercation
altruistic ameliorate
anachronism anathema
animosity anomaly
antithesis aphorism

Lesson Two

approbation aquiline
arable archipelago
arduous argosy
ascetic atrophy
auspicious automation
avow banal
bane beleaguer
bellicose blazon
bode bravado
broach bullion

Lesson Three

bumptious
bureaucracy
cadaverous
calumny
castigate
caustic
celerity
chauvinism
choleric
circumscribe

Lesson Four

circumvent clandestine
climactic coalesce
coalition cogitation
collateral colloquy
collusion commensurate
commiseration complement
comprehensive conclave
concomitant condiment
confederation configuration
congenital congruent

Lesson Five

connotation consensus
consonant consternation
constituent consummate
contemptuous contrition
convivial convoke
corollary correlate
corroborate credence
credulous crystallize
culpable cumbersome
debacle debility

Lesson Six

defray
degenerate
delineate
demeanor
denote
deprecate
depreciate
dereliction
desecrate
desist

Lesson Seven

despicable deterrent
detrimental devastation
dictum didactic
diffident digress
dilettante disconsolate
discrepancy disparage
disparate dissemble
dissociate dissolute
distend distraught
duplicity duress

Lesson Eight

efficacious effusion
egregious elation
elicit emanate
emendation emissary
enervate enigma
ennui enthrall
entity epicurean
epilogue epithet
equivocal erroneous
erudite esoteric

Lesson Nine

espionage
ethnology
euphemism
evasive
evoke
evolve
excerpt
excise
excoriate
exhaustive

Lesson Ten

exodus exonerate
expatriate expletive
expound expunge
extant extenuate
extirpate extraneous
exude faction
factious fallible
fatuous felicitous
festoon fetid
filch finesse

Lesson Eleven

fjord flay
foible foment
foreshadow forte
fortuitous fresco
fulminate fulsome
gainsay gambol
germane gibe
goad gratuitous
haphazard hardihood
herculean hiatus

Lesson Twelve

homily
hyperbole
hypochondriac
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy
ignominy
immemorial
immutable
imperious
implacable

Lesson Thirteen

impotent impregnable
impromptu impunity
incalculable incendiary
inception inchoate
inconsequential incredulous
indigenous inexorable
inexplicable inflexible
influx ingratiate
inhibition innocuous
inordinate insatiable

Lesson Fourteen

insidious inveigle
insoluble irascible
intangible iridescent
interminable irreducible
interpose irrevocable
intermittent jeopardize
intimidate laconic
inundate legerdemain
inure litigation
invariable longevity

Lesson Fifteen

lucrative
lugubrious
machination
malevolent
mellifluous
mercurial
mesmerism
mete
moot
munificent

Lesson Sixteen

nadir nebulous
philistine noncommittal
nostalgic nostrum
obnoxious obsequious
obtrude omnivorous
onerous oscillate
oracular ostensible
palliate panacea
patrimony penury
perfunctory pernicious

Lesson Seventeen

precipitate predecessor
prerogative profligate
progeny propagate
propensity protagonist
purport rapacious
rationalize recondite
rectitude relegate
reprisal reticent
rudiment sanctimonious
sartorial scathing

Lesson Eighteen

scrutinize
secular
sequester
shibboleth
sluice
solicitous
specious
spurious
stigmatize
stoic