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Tenth-grade reading asks learners to move confidently among literary analysis, argument, source evaluation, laboratory science, mathematics, computing, history, economics, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. This level emphasizes precise academic language, disciplinary meanings, connotation, word relationships, and the ability to interpret unfamiliar vocabulary in demanding context.

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Words 666–700 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
666	etching	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: etching is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a printmaking method in which acid bites an image into a protected metal plate	The artist scratched through the wax ground before placing the plate in acid for etching.
667	lithography	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.	a printmaking method based on the resistance between grease and water on a flat surface	Lithography allowed the artist to draw freely with a greasy crayon on stone.
668	sculpture in the round	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: sculpture + in + the + round. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a freestanding three-dimensional work intended to be viewed from multiple sides	Visitors can walk completely around the sculpture in the round.
669	relief sculpture	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: relief + sculpture. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a sculpture whose forms project from a supporting background surface	The relief sculpture shows figures rising slightly from the bronze door.
670	negative space	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: negative + space. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the unoccupied area around and between visual forms that contributes to a composition	The white negative space between the branches forms the outline of a bird.
671	color theory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: color + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the study of how colors relate, combine, contrast, and affect visual perception	Color theory explains why complementary hues intensify each other when placed side by side.
672	media framing	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: media + framing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the selection and emphasis of certain aspects of an issue in ways that shape how audiences interpret it	Media framing changed when reports described the demonstration as either a disruption or a civil-rights action.
673	agenda setting	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: agenda + setting. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the process by which repeated media attention influences which issues audiences consider important	Sustained coverage of water quality created agenda setting before the election.
674	gatekeeping	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: gatekeeping is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the process of deciding which information enters, receives prominence in, or is excluded from a media channel	Editorial gatekeeping determined which local stories appeared on the front page.
675	deepfake	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: deepfake is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	synthetic or altered media generated to make a person appear to say or do something that did not occur	Investigators identified the campaign video as a deepfake by examining inconsistent lighting and audio.
676	algorithmic recommendation	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: algorithmic + recommendation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an automated suggestion selected from predicted user interests or behavior	An algorithmic recommendation placed another similar video at the top of the feed.
677	echo chamber	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: echo + chamber. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an information environment in which familiar views are repeatedly reinforced and opposing evidence is rarely encountered	The private forum became an echo chamber because members removed every dissenting source.
678	filter bubble	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: filter + bubble. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a personalized information environment that limits exposure to material outside predicted preferences	The search history contributed to a filter bubble that hid unfamiliar viewpoints.
679	media ownership	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: media + ownership. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the individuals, companies, governments, or institutions that control media organizations	Researchers examined whether concentrated media ownership reduced the range of local reporting.
680	public service media	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: public + service + media. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	media organizations created to inform and serve the public under a public-interest mandate	Public service media broadcast the emergency briefing without commercial interruption.
681	documentary	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: documentary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a nonfiction film or program that interprets real people, events, or issues through selected evidence	The documentary combines archival footage with interviews from both communities.
682	montage	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: montage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a sequence created by editing separate images or shots together to compress time or build an idea	A training montage shows months of practice in less than two minutes.
683	cinematography	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.	the art and technique of camera placement, movement, lighting, lens choice, and image composition in film	Low-key lighting and a handheld camera shape the scene's cinematography.
684	mise-en-scène	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: mise + en + scène. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the arrangement of setting, lighting, costume, objects, and performers within a filmed or staged image	The cramped furniture in the mise-en-scène makes the apartment feel oppressive.
685	leitmotif	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: leitmotif is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a recurring musical theme associated with a character, object, place, or idea	A brass leitmotif returns whenever the hidden kingdom is mentioned.
686	syncopation	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	rhythmic emphasis placed on normally weak beats or between expected beats	The drummer's syncopation gives the melody an unsettled forward motion.
687	neuroplasticity	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the nervous system's capacity to reorganize connections and functions in response to experience or injury	Repeated practice can use neuroplasticity to strengthen a recovering skill.
688	sensory memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: sensory + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the very brief retention of raw sensory information after a stimulus ends	Sensory memory lets a sparkler's moving light appear as a continuous trail.
689	episodic memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: episodic + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	long-term memory for personally experienced events situated in time and place	Her episodic memory of graduation includes the rain and the sound of the orchestra.
690	semantic memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: semantic + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	long-term memory for general facts, concepts, and word meanings	Knowing that water freezes at zero degrees Celsius belongs to semantic memory.
691	procedural memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: procedural + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	long-term memory for learned skills and action sequences	Riding a bicycle depends heavily on procedural memory.
692	implicit memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: implicit + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	past experience that influences behavior without deliberate conscious recollection	Faster recognition of a repeated pattern demonstrated implicit memory.
693	explicit memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: explicit + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	conscious recollection of facts or events	Recalling the names of all the planets uses explicit memory.
694	priming	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: priming is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a change in response caused by recent exposure to a related stimulus	Seeing the word doctor created priming that made nurse easier to recognize.
695	recognition	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	memory performance that identifies previously encountered information when it appears again	The multiple-choice format required recognition rather than unaided recall.
696	proactive interference	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: proactive + interference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	disruption of new learning by information learned earlier	The old password caused proactive interference when Mira tried to enter the new one.
697	retroactive interference	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: retroactive + interference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	disruption of older memories by information learned more recently	Learning the new locker combination produced retroactive interference with last year's number.
698	serial position effect	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: serial + position + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to remember items at the beginning and end of a sequence better than those in the middle	The serial position effect appeared when participants recalled the first and last words most often.
699	actor-observer bias	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: actor + observer + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to explain one's own behavior through circumstances but another person's behavior through personal traits	Actor-observer bias led Jin to blame traffic for his lateness but call a late coworker careless.
700	just-world hypothesis	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: just + world + hypothesis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the belief that people generally receive outcomes they deserve, sometimes encouraging blame of victims	The just-world hypothesis can make observers ignore structural causes of poverty.

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