200 Words Every Eleventh Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 11

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  1. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  2. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  3. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  4. rubicund
    having a healthy reddish color
  5. centripetal
    tending to move toward an area in the middle
  6. soporific
    inducing sleep
  7. anneal
    bring to a desired consistency by heating and cooling
  8. extrinsic
    not forming an essential part of a thing
  9. chinook
    large Pacific salmon valued as food
  10. torque
    a twisting force
  11. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  12. prehensile
    adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
  13. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  14. archetypal
    of an original pattern on which other things are modeled
  15. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
Created on Thu Jun 05 14:44:33 EDT 2025 (updated Mon Jun 09 15:23:24 EDT 2025)

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