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10th Grade Vocabulary

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irony
noun
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; an outcome of events contrary to what was expected
allusion
noun
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
symmetry
noun
the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point
alliteration
noun
two or more words of a word group with the same initial letter
antagonist
noun
in a literary work, a person who struggles against or competes with another, an opponent or adversary
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arc
noun
in geometry, any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line
assimilation
noun
the act or process of adapting to a different social environment
axis
noun
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns
biological
adjective
pertaining to the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, including origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior
capacity
noun
the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained
capital
adjective
pertaining to financial or other resources that hold a determined value and can be traded
chord
noun
in music, the harmonizing of three or more notes; also used to describe an emotional experience
chromosome
noun
threadlike bodies that carry genes in an order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size, plus a sex chromosome
clause
noun
in grammar, a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or a whole simple sentence
cohesion
noun
the act or state of uniting, harmonizing or sticking together
communism
noun
social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state
congruent
adjective
agreeing or accordant; used in mathematics and especially geometry
conjecture
noun
expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof, speculation
connotation
noun
the secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit primary meaning (opposed to denotation)
consecutive
adjective
following one another in uninterrupted succession or order, marked by logical sequence
constant
noun
something that does not or cannot change or vary
cosine
noun
in a right triangle, the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse
demographic
noun
vital or social statistic of a human population, such as the number of births or deaths within a group
density
noun
measuring the compactness or amount of crowding in an area; the number of inhabitants, dwellings, or the like, per unit area
depression
noun
a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason
diagram
noun
a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a mathematical demonstration or a chart or plan
dramatic
adjective
characteristic of any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results
enzyme
noun
various proteins originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action
estimate
noun
an approximate judgment or calculation, such as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something
evolution
noun
any process of formation, growth or development, or the product of such development
expository
adjective
serving to expound, set forth, or explain something in writing or speech
extended
adjective
stretched out, continued or prolonged
feminism
noun
the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men
function
noun
the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; a role
genetics
noun
in biology, the science analyzing resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment
genome
noun
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism
greenhouse effect
short-wave solar radiation transmitted in through the earth's atmosphere with long-wavelength heat radiation unable to transmit outward in exchange
habitat
noun
the natural environment of an organism, the place where a person or thing is usually found
hyperbole
noun
obvious and intentional exaggeration or a statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
idiom
noun
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the meanings of its elements, such as 'kick the bucket' for dieing or 'hang one's head' for shame
impact
noun
the striking of one thing against another, the influence or effect of such a strike
imperialism
noun
the policy of extending the rule or authority of a nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies
inconsistency
noun
the quality or condition of not being consistent or occurring at something other than a regular interval
inference
noun
the act or process of to deriving by reason, to conclude or judge from premises or evidence
intercept
verb
to take, seize, or stop someone or something on the way from one place to another
interdependence
adjective
mutually dependent; relying on each other
intransitive
adjective
denoting a verb when it does not require a direct object
kinesthetic
noun
the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense
mass
noun
a body of matter of indefinite shape and considerable size; a collection of incoherent particles, parts, or objects regarded as forming one body
matter
noun
the substance of which any physical object consists or is composed; something that occupies space
metabolism
noun
the sum of chemical processes in an organism by which material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available
mutation
noun
in genetics, a sudden departure from the parent type in a heritable characteristic, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome
neutrality
noun
the policy of a nation that does not participate in a war between other nations; a case in which one remains unbiased
observation
noun
noticing or perceiving, an instance of regarding attentively or watching
parasite
noun
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment
photosynthesis
noun
in plants, the making of organic materials, carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic salts, using sunlight as the source of energy
postulate
verb
to ask or demand, to claim or assume the existence or truth of something as a basis for reasoning or arguing
principal
adjective
first or highest in rank, importance or value
proof
noun
evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth, anything serving as such evidence
propaganda
noun
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution or nation
protein
noun
organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and required in all animal diets and nonphotosynthesizing organisms
radical
adjective
going to the root or origin; fundamental; favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms
radius
noun
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface; the measured length of such a line
rate
verb
to estimate the value or worth of; appraise, esteem or consider
reflection
noun
the act of casting back light, heat sound or image from a surface; or an image or representation made of something
reproduction
noun
the act or process of copying of duplicating
resistance
noun
the act or power of opposing or withstanding
revise
verb
to amend or alter something already written or printed in order to make corrections, improve, or update
rhetorical question
noun
a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as ?What is so rare as a day in June??
scale
noun
a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series
simile
noun
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in ?she is like a rose.' Compare metaphor.
socialism
noun
social organization that advocates the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution in the community as a whole
tangent
adjective
touching at a single point, as in relation to a curve or surface; in contact along a single line or element
theorem
noun
a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas
velocity
noun
rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness or speed
vertex
noun
the highest point of something; the apex or summit
volume
noun
a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book

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