The more words students know, the stronger their reading, writing, and communication skills will be. For 9th grade students especially, having a strong vocabulary can be helpful as they start to tackle tougher high school assignments. In this post, you’ll find 100 common vocabulary words that are appropriate for students in 9th grade and beyond.
| abstain |
controversy |
envisage |
incognito |
personification |
| accelerate |
dally |
epigram |
inept |
pessimistic |
| admonish |
daunt |
fatalistic |
introvert |
photogenic |
| affiliate |
debonair |
fortitude |
laborious |
pinnacle |
| affliction |
deface |
frivolous |
levity |
precept |
| aghast |
delete |
genealogy |
macabre |
prohibit |
| allocate |
denomination |
genesis |
melee |
prospect |
| begrudge |
denounce |
gull |
mellifluous |
query |
| belated |
deplete |
haughty |
mesmerized |
queue |
| berserk |
desist |
hilarity |
mitigate |
radical |
| blatant |
dissonance |
homage |
nefarious |
rambunctious |
| cache |
edifice |
illusion |
notarize |
random |
| cadaverous |
eerie |
immortalize |
notorious |
recede |
| calibrate |
efface |
immunity |
overwhelmed |
relapse |
| capitalize |
elated |
impartial |
pacify |
rift |
| caricature |
embezzle |
impervious |
pariah |
subversive |
| catalyst |
embroil |
implement |
partisan |
superficial |
| chauvinist |
emissary |
inaudible |
patrician |
superfluous |
| cognizant |
ensue |
incision |
perceive |
tantamount |
| confound |
entity |
inclusive |
perceptible |
vivid |
Teach your students these words and more with Prestwick House’s collection of vocabulary resources for 9th grade!