200 Words Every Tenth Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 2

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  1. fertile
    capable of reproducing
  2. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  3. disclose
    expose to view as by removing a cover
  4. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  5. decree
    a legally binding command or decision
  6. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  7. divert
    turn aside; turn away from
  8. alternative
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  9. sanction
    official permission or approval
  10. fortify
    make strong or stronger
  11. affirm
    declare solemnly and formally as true
  12. avert
    turn away or aside
  13. subordinate
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
  14. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  15. impel
    urge or force to an action; constrain or motivate
Created on Wed Jun 04 17:53:11 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jul 11 10:50:41 EDT 2025)

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