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Essential Vocabulary for 10th Grade Literature: Understanding Key Terms

This vocabulary list for 10th-grade literature explores essential words that enhance literary comprehension. Key terms include "stationery," which refers to writing paper and office materials, and its counterpart "stationary," meaning not moving. Other words like "quarry," a site for material extraction, and "aesthetic," concerned with beauty, are examined. Additionally, learn about "perpetual," meaning never-ending, and "vantage," describing an advantageous viewpoint. The list also covers "assiduous" for diligent work, "weather" pertaining to atmospheric conditions, and the uncertain "whether." Expand your literary vocabulary today!

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Essential Vocabulary for 10th Grade Literature: Understanding Key Terms

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  1. Week 6 Vocabulary 10th Grade Literature

  2. Stationery

  3. Stationery • Writing paper, esp. with matching envelopes. • Writing and other office materials.

  4. Stationary

  5. Stationary • Not moving or not intended to be moved: "a car collided with a stationary vehicle".

  6. Quarry

  7. Quarry • A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted. • An animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey.

  8. Aesthetic

  9. Aesthetic • Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty • A set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.

  10. Perpetual

  11. Perpetual • Never ending or changing

  12. Vantage

  13. Vantage • A place or position affording a good view of something

  14. Assiduous

  15. Assiduous • hard-working, diligent • The construction workers built the skyscraper during two years of assiduous labor.

  16. Weather

  17. Weather • The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

  18. Whether

  19. Whether • Expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives: "he seemed undecided whether to go or stay".

  20. Abraded

  21. Abraded • Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. • Irritated

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