Essential Ninth Grade Vocabulary: List 4

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  1. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  2. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  3. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
  4. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
  5. retaliate
    make a counterattack and return like for like
  6. implication
    something that is inferred
  7. covert
    secret or hidden
  8. speculative
    not based on fact or investigation
  9. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  10. giddy
    lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
  11. salutation
    an acknowledgment or expression of good will
  12. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  13. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  14. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  15. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
Created on Tue Jun 03 18:43:54 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jun 03 18:45:38 EDT 2025)

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