Vocabulary Words 9th Grade 9

auxiliary

adj. furnishing added support
adj. supporting
Synonym: additional
n. a helper or aid
Synonyms: reserve, accessory

candid

adj. openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
Synonyms: frank, sincere, impartial, unposed, forthright, plainspoken, unbiased

cubicle

n. small area set off by walls for special use
Synonyms: small room, compartment, hole-in-the-wall

drudgery

n. hard monotonous routine work
Synonyms: toil, labor, grind

envoy

n. a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
Synonyms: a representative or government messenger; emissary, minister

escalate

v. increase in extent or intensity
Synonyms: raise, ascend, mount, elevate

expedient

adj. appropriate to a purpose
Synonyms: advantageous, useful, contrivance, device, serviceable

feign

v. make believe with the intent to deceive
Synonyms: pretend, fake, sham, affect, simulate

flair

n.. a natural talent
Synonyms: bent, knack, gift, style, panache

grievous

adj. causing or marked by grief or anguish
Synonyms: causing sadness, painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant

heterogeneous

adj. consisting of elements not of the same kind or nature
Synonyms: diverse, miscellaneous, mixed, variegated

horde

n. a vast multitude
Synonyms: a large number of people; throng, crowd, mass, host, swarm

impel

v. urge or force to an action; constrain or motivate
Synonyms: urge, push, spur, propel, incite

incredulous

adj. not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
Synonyms: disbelieving, skeptical, mistrustful, doubting

inscribe

v. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
Synonyms: engrave, write, enroll, enlist

monologue

n. a dramatic speech by a single actor
Synonym: soliloquy

prognosis

n. a prediction of the course of a disease
Synonyms: forecast, projection

rasping

v. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Synonyms: scraping, abrasive, gravelly

repugnant

adj. offensive to the mind
Synonyms: disagreeable, distasteful, hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive

scuttle

v. to move about or proceed hurriedly
v. to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way
n. a pail or bucket