English Vocabulary · Grade 10 Live Review Preview
10th Grade Vocabulary Words
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.
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.
Please note: the vocabulary lists for grades 9~11 have been selected to ensure no overlap with the previous grade level. If the words are too specialized or difficult for you, please go back to grade levels 4~8 and review the words on those pages.
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| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
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| 176 | objective correlative | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: objective + correlative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 客观相关性 | The empty crib and unopened letter form an objective correlative for grief. |
| 177 | pathetic fallacy | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: pathetic + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 可悲的谬论 | Calling the storm clouds angry is a pathetic fallacy. |
| 178 | blazon | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: blazon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 纹章描述 | The sonnet's blazon compares the beloved's eyes, hair, and hands with precious objects. |
| 179 | sestet | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: sestet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 塞斯特特 | The sestet answers the problem introduced in the octave. |
| 180 | octave | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: octave is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 高八度 | The octave presents the speaker's conflict before the poem turns. |
| 181 | tercet | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: tercet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 三次 | Each tercet in the poem develops one image of winter. |
| 182 | pastoral | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: pastoral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 牧人的 | The pastoral contrasts the quiet countryside with the pressures of court life. |
| 183 | mock epic | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: mock + epic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 模拟史诗 | The mock epic describes a household argument as if it were a legendary battle. |
| 184 | quantitative meter | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: quantitative + meter. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 定量计 | Classical Greek verse often uses quantitative meter. |
| 185 | accentual-syllabic meter | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: accentual + syllabic + meter. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 重音节律 | An English sonnet commonly uses accentual-syllabic meter with five stressed beats per line. |
| 186 | colligation | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 联合 | The verb depend shows colligation with the preposition on. |
| 187 | deixis | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: deixis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 直指 | Words such as here and tomorrow illustrate deixis. |
| 188 | anaphoric reference | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: anaphoric + reference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 照应参考 | In Maya found the key and she smiled, she creates anaphoric reference to Maya. |
| 189 | cataphoric reference | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: cataphoric + reference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 隐喻指称 | In When he arrived, Luis apologized, he creates cataphoric reference. |
| 190 | speech act | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: speech + act. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 言语行为 | The sentence I promise to return is a speech act that creates a commitment. |
| 191 | cohesive device | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: cohesive + device. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 銜接手段 | The transition however is a cohesive device that signals contrast. |
| 192 | discourse marker | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: discourse + marker. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 话语标记 | The discourse marker in conclusion tells readers that the argument is ending. |
| 193 | hedging language | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: hedging + language. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 对冲语言 | The phrase the results may suggest is hedging language. |
| 194 | booster | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: booster is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 支持 | The phrase clearly demonstrates functions as a booster in the conclusion. |
| 195 | passivization | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | 钝化 | Passivization changes Researchers measured the samples into The samples were measured. |
| 196 | transitivity | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | 及物性 | The essay examines transitivity by asking who acts and who is acted upon in each sentence. |
| 197 | modality | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | 情态 | The modal verb might expresses uncertain modality. |
| 198 | epistemic modality | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: epistemic + modality. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 认知模态 | The phrase must have left uses epistemic modality to signal a strong inference. |
| 199 | deontic modality | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: deontic + modality. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 义务情态 | The sentence Students must cite sources uses deontic modality. |
| 200 | evaluative language | noun StudyField: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: evaluative + language. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 评价性语言 | Calling the policy shortsighted is evaluative language rather than neutral description. |
| 201 | receptor protein | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: receptor + protein. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 受体蛋白 | Insulin attaches to a receptor protein on the cell surface. |
| 202 | signal transduction | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: signal + transduction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 信号转导 | Signal transduction carries the hormone's message from the membrane to the nucleus. |
| 203 | second messenger | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: second + messenger. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 第二信使 | Cyclic AMP acts as a second messenger after adrenaline binds to a cell. |
| 204 | endocrine gland | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: endocrine + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 內分泌腺 | The thyroid is an endocrine gland that affects metabolic rate. |
| 205 | hormone receptor | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: hormone + receptor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 激素受体 | Only cells with the matching hormone receptor respond directly to insulin. |
| 206 | hypothalamus | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Base-form focus: hypothalamus is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 下丘腦 2. 下丘脑 | The hypothalamus detects changes in blood temperature. |
| 207 | pituitary gland | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: pituitary + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. 腦下垂體 2. 腦垂體 3. 垂體 | The pituitary gland secretes a hormone that stimulates the thyroid. |
| 208 | thyroid gland | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: thyroid + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. 甲狀腺 2. 甲状腺 | The thyroid gland requires iodine to make its main hormones. |
| 209 | adrenal gland | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Term structure: adrenal + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. 副腎 2. 腎上腺 | The adrenal gland releases adrenaline during an emergency. |
| 210 | pancreas | noun StudyField: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term Word study: Base-form focus: pancreas is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 胰脏 | The pancreas releases insulin after a meal. |
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Sources and curriculum references
These references guide selection and calibration. Definitions, sample sentences, readings, questions, and teaching notes are independently written and reviewed.
- Common Core: Language Standards for Grades 9–10
- OpenStax: Biology 2e
- OpenStax: Chemistry 2e
- OpenStax: Algebra and Trigonometry 2e
- OpenStax: World History, Volume 2
- OpenStax: Psychology 2e
- OpenStax: Introduction to Philosophy
- WikDict downloadable bilingual dictionaries
- Kaikki.org / Wiktextract machine-readable Wiktionary data
- Language-Learning-decks public flashcard datasets
- SBBIC English-to-Khmer Dictionary
- English–Khmer Dictionary Dataset (machine-generated Khmer fallback; human review required)
- PanLex meanings snapshot (direct CC0 gap candidates; human review required)
- Cambridge bilingual dictionaries (individual editorial sense checks)
- Collins English–Hindi Dictionary (individual editorial checks)
- Hindwi and Rekhta dictionaries (individual Hindi/Urdu checks)
- National Institute of Korean Language: Basic Korean Dictionary
- JMdict/EDRDG Japanese dictionary project
- CC-CEDICT Chinese dictionary project
- VDict Vietnamese Dictionary (individual editorial check)
- Google Translate (machine-assisted lesson-reading draft; fluent review required)
- Kuperman et al.: Age-of-acquisition ratings for 30,000 English words
- The Princeton Review, Word Smart: Building an Educated Vocabulary (Privately Owned KSSR Materials; bibliographic calibration only).