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

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  1. phenomenal
    exceedingly or unbelievably great
  2. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  3. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  4. ultimatum
    a final peremptory demand
  5. spurious
    plausible but false
  6. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  7. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  8. vaudeville
    a genre of variety show with songs, comic acts, etc.
  9. exasperation
    actions that cause great irritation
  10. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  11. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  12. sequester
    keep away from others
  13. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  14. querulous
    habitually complaining
  15. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
Created on Mon Jun 09 15:37:30 EDT 2025

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