200 Words Every Twelfth Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 1

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  1. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  2. negotiate
    discuss the terms of an arrangement
  3. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  4. revere
    regard with feelings of respect
  5. rouse
    cause to become awake or conscious
  6. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  7. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  8. patron
    someone who supports or champions something
  9. vulgar
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  10. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  11. prose
    ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  12. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  13. solitude
    a state of social isolation
  14. congregation
    the act of assembling
  15. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
Created on Mon Jun 09 15:13:21 EDT 2025 (updated Mon Jun 09 15:35:09 EDT 2025)

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