Tenth Grade spelling words
16 weeks of tenth grade words, ten per week. Practise each list free online — your child hears the word, sees it flash, then writes it from memory — or print the cards.
Week 1· The Ambiguous Verdict
- abhor
- abstain
- acumen
- adamant
- admonish
- aesthetic
- aggregate
- alienate
- allege
- ambiguous
Week 2· The Antagonist's Apathy
- ambivalent
- amiable
- anomaly
- antagonist
- apathy
- arbitrary
- articulate
- ascertain
- assimilate
- audacious
Week 3· Austere Autonomy
- austere
- autonomy
- belligerent
- benevolent
- bias
- candor
- capitulate
- catalyst
- censure
- chronic
Week 4· Collateral Complacency
- coalesce
- coerce
- cognizant
- coherent
- collateral
- collude
- complacent
- concede
- conducive
- confer
Week 5· The Credible Cynic
- congruent
- connotation
- contentious
- contrite
- convoluted
- corroborate
- credible
- cryptic
- cynical
- debilitate
Week 6· Decorum and Deceit
- decorum
- deference
- deleterious
- demeanor
- denounce
- deplete
- deride
- despondent
- deter
- digress
Week 7· Dissent in Disparity
- disparage
- disparity
- dissent
- dogmatic
- dubious
- eclectic
- elicit
- eloquent
- elusive
- emulate
Week 8· The Esoteric Exile
- enigma
- ephemeral
- equivocal
- erratic
- esoteric
- euphemism
- exemplary
- exonerate
- expedite
- extol
Week 9· Fabricated Fortitude
- fabricate
- facetious
- fastidious
- fervent
- flagrant
- fortitude
- fraudulent
- frugal
- futile
- garrulous
Week 10· The Hierarchy of Hypocrisy
- hackneyed
- hedonism
- hierarchy
- hyperbole
- hypocrisy
- iconoclast
- idyllic
- impartial
- imperative
- implicit
Week 11· Insidious Intrepidity
- incessant
- incite
- indignant
- ineffable
- inept
- infallible
- innate
- insidious
- intangible
- intrepid
Week 12· The Jeopardized Jury
- irascible
- jargon
- jeopardize
- lament
- lethargic
- lucid
- malicious
- mandate
- meticulous
- mitigate
Week 13· Nebulous Nihilism
- nebulous
- nihilism
- nuance
- obsolete
- ominous
- opaque
- ostentatious
- paradox
- paramount
- pervasive
Week 14· The Precarious Quandary
- placate
- plausible
- precarious
- prerequisite
- pretentious
- prolific
- propensity
- prudent
- quandary
- rancor
Week 15· Rebuke and Resilience
- rebuke
- reciprocal
- reprehensible
- repudiate
- resilient
- reticent
- sagacious
- sanctimonious
- scrupulous
- sedentary
Week 16· The Ubiquitous Skeptic
- skeptic
- solace
- stagnant
- stoic
- subjective
- surreptitious
- tenuous
- ubiquitous
- vindicate
- zealous
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