200 Words Every 10th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 4

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  1. abalone
    a large edible marine gastropod with an ear-shaped shell
  2. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  3. articulate
    express or state clearly
  4. becalm
    make still, steady, or tranquil
  5. burly
    muscular and heavily built
  6. clique
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  7. commemorate
    call to remembrance
  8. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  9. corollary
    an inference following from the proof of another proposition
  10. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  11. desecrate
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
  12. despicable
    morally reprehensible
  13. discernible
    perceptible by the senses or intellect
  14. dismantle
    take off or remove
  15. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  16. edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls
  17. emblem
    special design representing a quality, type, or group
  18. execute
    put in effect
  19. parallelogram
    a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal
  20. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
Created on Wed Aug 30 14:33:23 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 14:38:52 EDT 2023)

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