200 Words Every Ninth Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 7

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  1. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  2. validate
    confirm the legal force of
  3. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  4. clique
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  5. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
  6. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  7. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  8. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  9. escapade
    any carefree episode
  10. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  11. conclave
    a confidential or secret meeting
  12. contemporaneous
    occurring in the same period of time
  13. bureaucratic
    of or relating to unnecessary procedures and red tape
  14. autonomous
    existing as an independent entity
  15. unilateral
    involving only one part or side
Created on Tue Jun 03 20:58:31 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jul 11 10:49:40 EDT 2025)

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