Words Every 9th Grader Should Know

accentuate

alliteration

analogy

antibody

aspire

bamboozle

bizarre

boisterous

boycott

camouflage

commemorate

chronology

cower

decorum

deduction

deign

despondent

dialogue

divulge

eclectic

ellipse

embargo

exponent

enthusiastic

exult

fallacy

flourish

gargoyle

formidable

guerrilla

guru

heritage

hieroglyphic

hologram

hypocrisy

immune

impertinent

inference

introspection

jaunty

jovial

kilometer

labyrinth

laconic

lichen

light-year

maneuver

marsupial

metaphor

mosaic

mutation

nebula

nocturnal

nuisance

omnivore

outrageous

ozone

parasite

participle

plateau

phloem

polygon

protagonist

pulverize

quandary

quarantine

quota

rainforest

random

recede

Renaissance

renegade

repose

sacrifice

silhouette

solstice

spectrum

stereotype

strategy

suffrage

symbiosis

tariff

technique

tempo

toxin

tranquility

tumult

tundra

ultraviolet

unanimous

undulate

vaccine

vacillate

vertebrate

virtuoso

voracious

wretched

xylem

yacht

zoology