Academic vocabulary words for ninth graders are used in many subjects and even in everyday situations, but are be difficult to define; their definitions can change based on context. But they add nuance to writing and speaking. They often help shape tone, mood, or point of view. For example, skip or trudge would convey different feelings and emotions than walk. Having a large and broad academic vocabulary is critical to reading comprehension.
Use these words when conversing with your 9th grader. Hearing new words used in the proper context is one of the best ways for kids to learn and remember new words. When your child knows these words, it will add polish and precison to their work. Knowing these words help your child be succeed in school, and it will help them be prepared for college admissions tests.
| Absolve | escalate | mediate |
| Alleviate | evaluate | mortify |
| Alternative | exacerbate | niche |
| Ambivalent | excerpt | obscure |
| Analyze | exemplify | obsolete |
| Animosity | explicit | pacify |
| Approximate | exposition | perception |
| Arbitrary | falter | perspective |
| Attribute | feasible | pertinent |
| Beneficial | feign | ponder |
| comprehensive | fluctuate | prevalent |
| Connotation | formulate | proponent |
| Contrast | generate | punitive |
| Credible | gist | rapport |
| Cursory | hypothetical | rationale |
| Cynic | impartial | reconcile |
| Dearth | implausible | redundant |
| Deficient | implication | respective |
| Demonstrate | imply | retaliate |
| Depict | incentive | sabotage |
| Derive | incoherent | scrutiny |
| Detract | indolent | simulate |
| Devastate | infamous | squander |
| Digress | infuriate | succumb |
| Dilemma | innovation | tangible |
| Diligent | intercede | technique |
| Dissent | interpret | traumatic |
| Distort | intimidate | turmoil |
| Diversion | isolate | valid |
| Elation | jeopardize | verify |
| Elicit | lucrative | viable |
| Elude | mandatory | vulnerable |
