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Grade 9 Defining Words
Grade 9 Defining Words
What is the definition of the word reprove?
  1. to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp
  2. to accuse; to admonish
  3. to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of
  4. to go regularly to (a certain place); to patronize
Grade 9 Defining Words
To DEPRECATE is to:
  1. express disapproval of; to protest against; to disparage; belittle
  2. dupe; to play a trick on; to deceive
  3. root out; to destroy totally; to eradicate
  4. display or wave boastfully
Grade 9 Defining Words
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
  1. parabola
  2. mitosis
  3. priority
  4. hypotenuse
Grade 9 Defining Words
A lack of thankfulness.
  1. Discredit
  2. Ungrateful
  3. Ingratitude
  4. Deem
Grade 9 Defining Words
banquet
  1. a big swimming party
  2. a big dinner party
  3. a big sports party
Grade 9 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.9-10.4
Detachment
  1. an institution for the care of people with physical or mental impairments
  2. having absolute authority
  3. indifference; absence of prejudice or bias
  4. to limit the inheritance of property to a specified succession of heirs; the state of being entailed
Grade 9 Defining Words
A doctor who treats injuries and diseases of the foot.
  1. pedometer
  2. contrary
  3. pedestrian
  4. podiatrist
Grade 9 Defining Words
Impervious means:
  1. not allowing anything to pass through; unaffected; susceptible to harm or injury; impossible to influence
  2. using force to take; selfish; greedy; predatory; covetous
  3. whitened by age; old; ancient
  4. fragrant; sweet-smelling; having the odor of a particular thing; reminiscent of
Grade 9 Defining Words
Erudite means:
  1. irrelevant; not related; not essential
  2. thin; slim; delicate; weak; sparse
  3. happening accidentally; by chance
  4. having a wide knowledge acquired through reading; learned; knowledgeable; educated
Grade 9 Defining Words
A long, angry speech:
  1. stoic
  2. epic
  3. tirade
  4. didactic
Grade 9 Defining Words
Grade 9 Defining Words
A DESPOT is:
  1. any combination or union for some common purpose
  2. a young boy; young man
  3. an absolute and irresponsible monarch
  4. person who believes the teaching of another or who adopts and follows some doctrine
Grade 9 Defining Words
Approbation means:
  1. anything to which one gives excessive devotion; idolized object
  2. conversation which is amusing and not serious; tease; joke
  3. praise, approval, admiration, sanction, assent, consent
  4. abundance; full amount; excessive supply
Grade 9 Defining Words
To TRANSMIT is to               .
  1. keep still
  2. pass on
  3. remove
  4. destroy
Grade 9 Defining Words
Grade 9 Defining Words
A friend is                         
  1. someone who is selfish.
  2. someone you can rely on.
  3. someone you know.
Grade 9 Defining Words
Idle
  1. search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle
  2. sad and depressed; dispirited
  3. to struggle roughly; scuffle
  4. spend time doing nothing
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