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10th Grade Vocabulary to Know

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

abstruse

a)

A person has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty.

b)

Difficult to understand

2.

accretion

a)

The 

  process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter

b)

Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic)

3.

acerbic

a)

Sharp and Forthright (especially of a comment or style of speaking)

b)

an act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong.

4.

aesthete

a)

A brief statement that expresses a general principle about life

b)

A person has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty.

5.

Agnostic

a)

A person that believes nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.

A person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God

b)

(of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally 

6.

altruistic

a)

A brief statement that expresses a general principle about life

b)

Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic)

7.

Ambidextrous

a)

threatening harm; menacing.

b)

(of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally 

8.

anachronism

a)

an act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong.

b)

Sharp and Forthright (especially of a comment or style of speaking)

9.

aphorism

a)

Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic)

b)

A brief statement that expresses a general principle about life

10.

baleful

a)

threatening harm; menacing.

b)

The 

  process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter

11.

Bevy

a)

A large group of people or things of a particular kind.

b)

Blasphemy is a word that means speaking badly about a religion, or insulting a go

12.

Blasphemous

a)

Blasphemy is a word that means speaking badly about a religion, or insulting a go

b)

threatening harm; menacing.

13.

concord

a)

A brief statement that expresses a general principle about life

b)

agreement or harmony between people or groups

14.

Definitive

a)

Difficult to understand

b)

having its fixed and final form; providing a solution or final answer