Ninth Grade spelling words
16 weeks of ninth 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 Aberration of Ambivalent Isle
- aberration
- abstain
- acumen
- adversity
- aesthetic
- affable
- alacrity
- altruistic
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
Week 2· Rivals at Aptitude Academy
- amiable
- anomaly
- antagonist
- apathy
- aptitude
- arbitrary
- articulate
- assiduous
- astute
- audacious
Week 3· Autonomy at Banal Bay
- austere
- authentic
- autonomy
- banal
- belligerent
- benevolent
- bombastic
- brevity
- candor
- capitulate
Week 4· Coalitions at Complacent Court
- catalyst
- censure
- chronic
- clandestine
- coalesce
- coerce
- cognizant
- coherent
- commend
- complacent
Week 5· The Conjecture Chronicles
- comprehensive
- conciliate
- concise
- condone
- congenial
- conjecture
- connoisseur
- consecutive
- contemplate
- contentious
Week 6· The Cynical Courtroom
- convey
- credible
- cursory
- cynical
- debilitate
- decorum
- deference
- deficient
- delineate
- denounce
Week 7· Dissent at Deplete Manor
- deplete
- deride
- despondent
- deter
- diligence
- discord
- disparage
- dissent
- docile
- dubious
Week 8· The Ephemeral Estate
- eclectic
- edifice
- egregious
- elicit
- eloquent
- empirical
- enigma
- ephemeral
- equitable
- erratic
Week 9· The Question of Integrity
- exemplary
- exonerate
- expedite
- extenuate
- extol
- facetious
- fallacy
- fastidious
- fervent
- flagrant
Week 10· Fortitude at Hedonist Harbor
- fortitude
- frivolous
- gregarious
- hackneyed
- hedonistic
- hindrance
- hypothesis
- idealistic
- impartial
- impetuous
Week 11· Incognito on Indolent Isle
- implicit
- incessant
- incognito
- indignant
- indolent
- ineffable
- infallible
- inherent
- innate
- insolent
Week 12· Integrity and Intuition
- integrity
- intrepid
- intuitive
- invigorate
- irrational
- jargon
- jeopardize
- lament
- lethargic
- lucid
Week 13· The Paradox of Notoriety
- malicious
- meticulous
- mundane
- nonchalant
- notorious
- novice
- obsolete
- opulent
- ostentatious
- paradox
Week 14· Paramount Phenomena
- paramount
- pensive
- perfunctory
- pertinent
- pervasive
- phenomenon
- plausible
- precarious
- pragmatic
- precocious
Week 15· A Propensity for Provocation
- prevalent
- proficient
- prolific
- propensity
- provocative
- quandary
- rationale
- recalcitrant
- reciprocate
- redundant
Week 16· The Stoic and the Zealot
- scrutinize
- spurious
- stoic
- subjective
- tenacious
- transient
- ubiquitous
- vindicate
- volatile
- zealous
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