200 Words Every Ninth Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 10

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  1. conglomeration
    a sum total of many varied things taken together
  2. obstetrician
    a physician specializing in childbirth
  3. arboreal
    of or relating to or formed by trees
  4. absenteeism
    habitual failure to be present from work
  5. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  6. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  7. knickknack
    a small, inexpensive decorative object
  8. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
  9. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  10. comestible
    suitable for use as food
  11. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  12. piscatorial
    relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
  13. bicuspid
    having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)
  14. gazpacho
    a cold soup made with tomatoes
  15. reticular
    resembling or forming a net or network
Created on Tue Jun 03 20:59:28 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jul 11 10:50:10 EDT 2025)

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