200 Words Every Ninth Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 5

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  1. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  2. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  3. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
  4. docile
    easily handled or managed
  5. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  6. estrange
    remove from customary environment or associations
  7. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  8. indiscriminate
    failing to make or recognize distinctions
  9. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  10. impassable
    incapable of being gone across or through
  11. debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  12. frenzied
    affected with or marked by mania uncontrolled by reason
  13. abbreviate
    shorten
  14. exultant
    joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
  15. fraudulent
    intended to deceive
Created on Tue Jun 03 20:57:53 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jul 11 10:49:22 EDT 2025)

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