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10th Grade Vocabulary Words

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This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty-three pages of up to thirty-five words. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions drawn only from that enhanced range; words 501–800 remain fully visible and editable as list pages while expanded practice is developed. Every row includes an editable subject-field label and a conservative word-study note about transparent affixes, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base forms. The cited sources calibrate range and difficulty only; all learner-facing definitions, examples, quizzes, and descriptions are original KSSR copy.

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Words 526–560 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
526	Reign of Terror	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Reign + of + Terror. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	आतंक का राज	Thousands were executed during the Reign of Terror.
527	Napoleonic Code	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Napoleonic + Code. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	नेपोलियन संहिता	The Napoleonic Code protected property rights while limiting women's legal independence.
528	Congress of Vienna	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Congress + of + Vienna. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	वियना की कांग्रेस	The Congress of Vienna restored several monarchies and balanced major powers.
529	conservatism	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	रूढ़िवाद	Postwar conservatism supported restored monarchies.
530	liberalism	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	उदारतावाद	Nineteenth-century liberalism often supported constitutions and representative institutions.
531	World War I	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: World + War + I. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	प्रथम विश्वयुद्ध	World War I mobilized armies and civilian economies on an unprecedented scale.
532	war reparations	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: war + reparations. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	युद्ध क्षतिपूर्ति	German war reparations became a source of political conflict.
533	mandate system	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: mandate + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	अधिदेश प्रणाली	The mandate system continued imperial control under international supervision.
534	Russian Revolution	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Russian + Revolution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	रूसी क्रांति	The Russian Revolution withdrew Russia from World War I.
535	Bolshevik	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: Bolshevik is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	बोलशेविक	A Bolshevik government seized key institutions in Petrograd.
536	collectivization	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	सामूहीकरण	Soviet collectivization caused resistance, disruption, and famine.
537	appeasement	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	1. तुष्टीकरण 2. तुष्टिकरण 3. शमन	The Munich Agreement became a major example of appeasement.
538	World War II	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: World + War + II. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध	World War II caused enormous military and civilian deaths.
539	Nuremberg trials	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Nuremberg + trials. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	नूर्नबर्ग परीक्षण	The Nuremberg trials established an important record of Nazi crimes.
540	containment	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	रोकथाम	The United States used alliances and aid as instruments of containment.
541	nonalignment	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	गुटनिरपेक्षता	India promoted nonalignment during the Cold War.
542	deflation	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	अपस्फीति	Deflation can increase the real burden of debt.
543	unemployment rate	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: unemployment + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	बेरोजगारी की दर	The unemployment rate fell as firms hired more workers.
544	comparative advantage	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: comparative + advantage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	तुलनात्मक लाभ	Comparative advantage can make specialization beneficial even when one country is more productive in everything.
545	trade barrier	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: trade + barrier. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	व्यापार बाधा	A tariff is a trade barrier that raises the cost of imported goods.
546	Peace of Westphalia	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Peace + of + Westphalia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	वेस्टफेलिया की शांति	The Peace of Westphalia allowed each participating ruler greater authority over affairs within the ruler's territory.
547	Glorious Revolution	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Glorious + Revolution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	गौरवशाली क्रांति	The Glorious Revolution helped establish that the English monarch governed under law and with Parliament.
548	habeas corpus	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: habeas + corpus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	बंदी प्रत्यक्षीकरण	A petition for habeas corpus challenges imprisonment without lawful cause.
549	ancien régime	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: ancien + régime. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	प्राचीन शासन	Under the ancien régime, legal privileges differed among the three estates.
550	cahier de doléances	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: cahier + de + doléances. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	चिंता का विषय	One cahier de doléances demanded fairer taxation and regular meetings of representatives.
551	Tennis Court Oath	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Tennis + Court + Oath. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	टेनिस कोर्ट शपथ	The Tennis Court Oath turned a meeting dispute into a public commitment to constitutional change.
552	sans-culottes	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: sans + culottes. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	सेन्स कुलोटेस	The sans-culottes pressed the revolutionary government to control food prices.
553	Jacobin	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: Jacobin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	जेकोबीन	The Jacobin supported a republic and stronger measures against perceived enemies of the revolution.
554	Directory	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Capitalization focus: this is a proper name, so its standard written form begins with a capital letter.	1. डायरेक्टरी 2. निर्देशिका	The Directory struggled with corruption, financial instability, and military dependence.
555	Continental System	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Continental + System. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	महाद्वीपीय प्रणाली	Smuggling undermined the Continental System along much of Europe's coastline.
556	Concert of Europe	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Concert + of + Europe. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	यूरोप का संगीत कार्यक्रम	The Concert of Europe used periodic congresses to address international crises.
557	Metternich system	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Metternich + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	मेटरनिख प्रणाली	The Metternich system sought to contain nationalism and revolutionary liberalism.
558	revolutions of 1848	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: revolutions + of + 1848. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1848 की क्रांतियाँ	The revolutions of 1848 briefly forced several rulers to promise constitutions.
559	Risorgimento	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Capitalization focus: this is a proper name, so its standard written form begins with a capital letter.	रोमैंटिक	The Risorgimento joined diplomacy, popular activism, and warfare in the creation of Italy.
560	Realpolitik	noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: Realpolitik is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	राजनीति	Bismarck used Realpolitik to pursue German unification through calculated alliances and wars.

Vocabulary reading and practice

Revolution and Restoration

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English reading

The Reign of Terror exposed the French Revolution’s violent struggle over authority and citizenship. Napoleon later consolidated legal reforms in the Napoleonic Code while also centralizing power. After his defeat, the Congress of Vienna restored dynasties and borders. Nineteenth-century debates then placed conservatism, which valued order and tradition, against liberalism, which emphasized rights and constitutional reform.

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Reading comprehension

1. What did the Napoleonic Code consolidate?

It consolidated legal reforms.

2. What did the Congress of Vienna restore?

It restored dynasties and borders.

3. How did liberalism differ from conservatism?

Liberalism emphasized rights and reform, while conservatism emphasized order and tradition.

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