By having an extensive vocabulary, 10th grade students can tackle more challenging texts and better express themselves, setting them up for success in their high school careers and beyond. Below, you’ll find 100 common vocabulary words that 10th grade students should learn over the course of the school year!
| abolition |
culmination |
gauche |
liege |
proliferate |
| acrimony |
decorum |
genetics |
malodorous |
prowess |
| adulation |
despondent |
grimace |
mercenary |
remorse |
| aesthetic |
dilemma |
hapless |
mettle |
requisition |
| affable |
divulge |
heresy |
milestone |
resolute |
| affront |
dogmatic |
hilarity |
motif |
retribution |
| alacrity |
egress |
humility |
mundane |
retrospective |
| ambivalent |
eloquent |
hyperbole |
negotiate |
scourge |
| antipathy |
emaciated |
implacable |
nepotism |
solstice |
| aplomb |
emissary |
impound |
novel |
solvent |
| audacity |
evocative |
impute |
obnoxious |
strident |
| augment |
exhilarated |
inclusive |
omniscient |
superficial |
| banter |
exhort |
infectious |
ostracize |
taboo |
| biodiversity |
explicit |
infinitesimal |
pathology |
taciturn |
| candid |
extraneous |
inflection |
phenomenon |
tempo |
| caricature |
fallacy |
infrastructure |
placebo |
terse |
| chaos |
felony |
inherent |
plagiarism |
tolerate |
| charlatan |
foresight |
inquisitive |
precocious |
tome |
| colloquial |
formidable |
legitimate |
precursor |
ultimatum |
| concur |
frivolous |
lexicon |
progression |
uncanny |
Teach your students these words and more with Prestwick House’s collection of vocabulary resources for 10th grade!