Essential Ninth Grade Vocabulary: List 7

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  1. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  2. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  3. homogeneous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  4. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  5. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  6. altercation
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  7. heterogeneous
    consisting of elements not of the same kind or nature
  8. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  9. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
  10. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
Created on Tue Jun 03 18:44:12 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jun 03 18:46:41 EDT 2025)

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