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High school vocabulary flashcards with words like fervor, tangible, and virulent for Grade 9 English.
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This 104-card vocabulary set contains words essential for 9th grade reading and writing, including verbs like abhor, elicit, and wield; adjectives such as impetuous, negligent, and tangible; and nouns like fervor, schism, and jeopardy. Use it for vocabulary building, literature preparation, standardized test readiness, or as a semester-long word-study resource in an English classroom.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Vocabulary
Grade Level:
9th Grade
Updated April 2026

Terms in This Set

  • Abhor (verb)
  • Adventure (noun)
  • Adversary (noun)
  • Agile (adjective)
  • Allegation (noun)
  • Amicable (adjective)
  • Amuse (verb)
  • Assumption (noun)
  • Attrition (noun)
  • Banish (verb)
  • Bolster (noun)
  • Canny (adjective)
  • Conquer (verb)
  • Coddle (verb)
  • Colony (noun)
  • Conspiracy (noun)
  • Cultivate (verb)
  • Cynical (adjective)
  • Debatable (adjective)
  • Decipher (verb)
  • Demonstrate (verb)
  • Demoralize (verb)
  • Depression (noun)
  • Destitution (noun)
  • Diminish (verb)
  • Disclose (verb)
  • Disparage (verb)
  • Disparity (noun)
  • Dumbfounded (adjective)
  • Eclectic (adjective)
  • Eddy (noun)
  • Effusive (adjective)
  • Elicit (verb)
  • Embark/embarkation (verb)
  • Embrace (verb)
  • Engulf (verb)
  • Erratic (adjective)
  • Ethics (noun)
  • Excel (verb)
  • Faction (noun)
  • Fame (noun)
  • Fate (noun)
  • Feign (verb)
  • Fervor (noun)
  • Gaudy (adjective)
  • Gawk (verb)
  • Green (adjective)
  • Hesitant (adjective)
  • Hiatus (noun)
  • Illicit (adjective)
  • Illusion (noun)
  • Impetuous (adj)
  • Induce (verb)
  • Infer (verb)
  • Infiltrate (verb)
  • Invigorate (verb)
  • Jeopardy (noun)
  • Makeshift (adj)
  • Mammoth (adj)
  • Materialize (verb)
  • Modicum (noun)
  • Modify (verb)
  • Negligent (adj)
  • Obsolete (adj)
  • Obstinate (adj)
  • Obvious (adj)
  • Omen (noun)
  • Optimistic (adj)
  • Oust/ouster (verb)
  • Perception (noun)
  • Phenomenon (noun)
  • Plummet (verb)
  • Prerequisite (noun)
  • Prioritize (verb)
  • Prolific (adj)
  • Pulsate (verb)
  • Quarrelsome (adj)
  • Query (noun)
  • Rambunctious (adj)
  • Rampart (noun)
  • Reconcile (verb)
  • Relish (verb)
  • Reply (verb)
  • Ritualistic (adj)
  • Scapegoat (adj)
  • Schism (noun)
  • Scornful (adj)
  • Screech (verb)
  • Sedate (adj)
  • Spawn (verb)
  • Suffice (verb)
  • Suppress (verb)
  • Tactical (adj)
  • Tangible (adj)
  • Tantalize (verb)
  • Terse (adj)
  • Universal (adj)
  • Virulent (adj)
  • Wave (verb)
  • Wield (verb)
  • Writhe (verb)
  • Garrison (noun)
  • Mope (verb)
  • Paltry (adjective)

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