100 Vocabulary Words for 10th Grade Students

Question 1

inclusive

Answer 1

ncluding all the services or items normally expected or required.
“menus stating fully inclusive prices”

Question 2

impute

Answer 2

represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute.
“the crimes imputed to Richard”

Question 3

infinitesimal

Answer 3

extremely small.
“an infinitesimal pause”

Question 4

infectious

Answer 4

• (of a disease or disease-causing organism) liable to be transmitted to people, organisms, etc. through the environment. “outbreaks of infectious diseases”
• likely to spread or influence others in a rapid manner.
  “a loud infectious laugh”

Question 5

inflection

Answer 5

• a change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender.
  “a set of word forms differing only in respect of inflections”
• the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice.
  “she spoke slowly and without inflection”

Question 6

inherent

Answer 6

existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
“any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers”

Question 6

infrastructure

Answer 6

the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
“the social and economic infrastructure of a country”

Question 7

inquisitive

Answer 7

having or showing an interest in learning things; curious.
“his poems reveal an intensely inquisitive mind”
* unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying.
“I didn’t like to seem inquisitive”

Question 8

legitimate

Answer 8

• conforming to the law or to rules.
  “his claims to legitimate authority”
• able to be defended with logic or justification; valid.
  “a legitimate excuse for being late”

Question 9

mercenary

Answer 9

• primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
  “the crime was committed out of mercenary motives”
• a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
  “he had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries”

Question 9

lexicon

Answer 9

• the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.
  “the size of the English lexicon”
• a dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic.
  “a Greek–Latin lexicon”

Question 10

liege

Answer 10

concerned with or relating to the relationship between a feudal superior and a vassal.
“an oath of fealty and liege homage”

Question 11

malodorous

Answer 11

smelling very unpleasant.
“leaking taps and malodorous drains”

Question 12

mettle

Answer 12

a person’s ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience.
“the team showed their true mettle in the second half”

Question 13

milestone

Answer 13

a significant event in your life

Question 14

motif

Answer 14

• a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern.
  “the colourful hand-painted motifs which adorn narrowboats”
• a dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work.
  “superstition is a recurring motif in the book”

Question 15

mundane

Answer 15

lacking interest or excitement; dull.
“his mundane, humdrum existence”

Question 16

assuage

Answer 16

• make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
  “the letter assuaged the fears of most members”
• satisfy (an appetite or desire).
  “an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge”

Question 17

obnoxious

Answer 17

extremely unpleasant.
“obnoxious odours”

Question 17

omniscient

Answer 17

knowing everything.
“a third-person omniscient narrator”

Question 18

ostracize

Answer 18

exclude from a society or group.
“she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers”

Question 19

pathology

Answer 19

the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
“research people skilled in experimental pathology”