200 Words Every 10th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 8

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  1. agglomeration
    the act of collecting in a mass
  2. assay
    a test of a substance to determine its components
  3. bulwark
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  4. concierge
    a caretaker in an apartment complex or hotel
  5. disenfranchise
    deprive of voting rights
  6. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
  7. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  8. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  9. epitaph
    an inscription in memory of a buried person
  10. excerpt
    a passage selected from a larger work
  11. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  12. facilitate
    make easier
  13. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  14. neurosis
    a mental illness that makes you behave in an unusual way
  15. opacity
    the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
  16. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  17. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  18. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  19. vertigo
    a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
  20. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
Created on Wed Aug 30 14:36:27 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 14:39:05 EDT 2023)

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