120 Words Every 10th Grader Should Know: List 4

If you asked an average taxpayer how he feels about a 6 percent utility increase, he’d probably be amenable. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

Her constant barrage of questions usually annoyed him. Eleven

After all the secrecy that had come before, it was very strange indeed—in fact it was thrilling—to be spoken to with such candor and trust. The Mysterious Benedict Society

It didn’t look like a bonfire from down here, but a conflagration. Strange the Dreamer

A food product is also considered “adulterated” if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health. Forbes (Jul 18, 2015)

My job is to ask questions, to explain, to provide answers - to elucidate. BBC (Jun 17, 2016)

When he told me that the movie would be shown, we went into our best behavior and were the exemplary children that Grandmother deserved and wished to think us. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I couldn’t hear a word, but Papa was talking and gesticulating with his arms. Life Is So Good

She’s like a god—impervious to cold, famine, disease, natural and man-made disasters. Everything, Everything

Let's face it, a life without fear--and without the courage to overcome fear--would be pretty bland and insipid. Inc (Jul 30, 2012)

Even if every sentence in a text is crisp, lucid, and well formed, a succession of them can feel choppy, disjointed, unfocused—in a word, incoherent. The Sense of Style

My master is great and noble, and all powerful; he can therefore afford to be magnanimous. Clynton, Richard

So he bit back his fears and misgivings, and kept his eyes and ears open, taking in everything that happened around him. Scythe

The original idea for the penitentiary was that criminals would become penitent and turn away from their lives of crime. Time (Jun 27, 2011)

“Generally,” he finally said, “it is neither wise nor prudent to mouth off to a junior high school teacher. Especially to one who has been a sergeant in the United States Army.” Okay for Now

"His comments were reprehensible and no one should be subjected to such hateful language," it said Wednesday in a statement obtained by Sports Illustrated. Los Angeles Times (Nov 5, 2014)

One, from a person identifying as a nearby resident, took umbrage with the “obnoxious noises.” Wall Street Journal (Jul 2, 2018)

This was preferable for Glerk, who felt that violence, while sometimes necessary, was uncouth and uncivilized. The Girl Who Drank the Moon

“It’s a unilateral decision that the studio took. They didn’t even tell the people involved,” Nolan said. Seattle Times (Dec 7, 2020)

Sousa Mendes was not officially vindicated for his actions until 1988, when the Portuguese parliament dismissed all charges against him and restored him to the country's diplomatic corps by a unanimous vote. Los Angeles Times (Jan 19, 2016)