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Here are the 9th grade vocabulary words for the quiz on Wednesday, April 6.

41. mercurial

42. benevolent

43. mundane

44. compulsory

45. vulnerable

Here are the words for the quiz on Wednesday, March 9.

36. abjure

37. bellicose

38. diffident

39. expurgate

40. gauche

Here are vocab words for 9th graders for the quiz on February 23.

31. intolerance

32. condone

33. op-ed

34. constituent

35. exile

Here are the new vocabulary words for 9th graders for the quiz on Wednesdsay, December 8.

21. infer

22. laconic

23. maneuver

24. guerrilla

25. fallacy

Here is the list of vocabulary words for the quiz on Wednesday, November 17.

16. barrage

17. panorama

18. disparate

19. pungent

20. myriad

Here’s the new list 9th graders! Quiz date TBD.

11. voracious

12. symbiotic

13. stereotype

14. metaphor

15. formidable

New vocabulary words for 9th graders. (These are a bit more difficult.) Quiz will be October 6.

6. quandary

7. sacrifice

8. quota

9. defiance

10. waver

By the way, if you bombed a quiz (or just want a few more points) you can earn back points by playing the free-rice vocabulary game. You can earn one point for eveyr 100 grains of rice you donate. Just print out your score, put your name on it, and let me know which quiz you would like to apply it to. You can even earn up to 5 points extra credit on the quizzes this way! Have fun and no cheating (I have ways of knowing.)

art by Michael T

Here is our vocab list for the vocab quiz on Wednesday, September 22. Make sure you have flash-cards prepared and are able to use these words in sentences that show you know the meaning and connotation of the word. 

1. observe 

2. characteristics 

3. design 

4. process 

5. integrity