English Vocabulary · Grade 11 Live Review Preview
11th Grade Vocabulary Words
Eleventh-grade readers work across complex arguments, literary forms, scientific models, quantitative reasoning, civic institutions, social analysis, and precise academic prose. This level emphasizes disciplinary meanings, source evaluation, rhetorical and linguistic analysis, transparent morphology, and the careful use of context and reference tools when a word has several possible senses.
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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| 631 | meritocracy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -cracy relates to rule or a system of government. | αξιοκρατία | A true meritocracy would require fair access to preparation. |
| 632 | socioeconomic status | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: socioeconomic + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | κοινωνικοοικονομική κατάσταση | Socioeconomic status influenced access to stable housing. |
| 633 | cultural capital | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + capital. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | πολιτιστικό κεφάλαιο | Familiarity with academic conventions served as cultural capital. |
| 634 | social capital | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + capital. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | κοινωνικό κεφάλαιο | Neighbors used social capital to organize childcare after the storm. |
| 635 | intersectionality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | διατομεακότητα | Intersectionality explains why one policy affects women differently across class and race. |
| 636 | institutional discrimination | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: institutional + discrimination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | θεσμικές διακρίσεις | The inaccessible application process created institutional discrimination against disabled applicants. |
| 637 | implicit bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: implicit + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | σιωπηρή προκατάληψη | Blind review reduced implicit bias linked to applicants' names. |
| 638 | stereotype threat | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: stereotype + threat. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | στερεότυπη απειλή | Stereotype threat reduced scores when identity was emphasized before the test. |
| 639 | self-fulfilling prophecy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: self + fulfilling + prophecy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία | Low expectations became a self-fulfilling prophecy when students received fewer opportunities. |
| 640 | labeling theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: labeling + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | θεωρία επισήμανσης | Labeling theory examines how being called delinquent changes later treatment. |
| 641 | conflict theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: conflict + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | θεωρία σύγκρουσης | Conflict theory asks who benefits from the housing policy. |
| 642 | functionalism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | λειτουργισμός | Functionalism studies how schools transmit shared norms. |
| 643 | symbolic interactionism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: symbolic + interactionism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | συμβολική αλληλεπίδραση | Symbolic interactionism examines how a uniform signals authority. |
| 644 | feminist theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: feminist + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | φεμινιστική θεωρία | Feminist theory revealed unpaid care work missing from the economic model. |
| 645 | critical race theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: critical + race + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Κριτική θεωρία φυλής | Critical race theory analyzes the long-term effects of housing rules. |
| 646 | social construction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + construction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | κοινωνική κατασκευή | The meaning of childhood is partly a social construction that changes over time. |
| 647 | collective behavior | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: collective + behavior. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | συλλογική συμπεριφορά | The sudden crowd response was a form of collective behavior. |
| 648 | social movement | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + movement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | κίνημα | The social movement built support for disability access. |
| 649 | resource mobilization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: resource + mobilization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | κινητοποίηση πόρων | Resource mobilization allowed the campaign to open regional offices. |
| 650 | framing process | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: framing + process. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | διαδικασία πλαισίωσης | The framing process presented clean water as a public-health right. |
| 651 | diffusion of responsibility | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: diffusion + of + responsibility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | διάχυση της ευθύνης | Diffusion of responsibility made each witness wait for someone else to call. |
| 652 | bystander effect | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: bystander + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | φαινόμενο παρευρισκόμενου | The bystander effect weakened when one person directly requested assistance. |
| 653 | groupthink | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: groupthink is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | ομαδική σκέψη | Groupthink prevented the committee from testing its favored plan. |
| 654 | persuasion | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | πειθώ | The campaign's persuasion relied on credible evidence and trusted messengers. |
| 655 | moral reasoning | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ηθικός συλλογισμός | Her moral reasoning weighed fairness against the risk of harm. |
| 656 | moral relativism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + relativism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ηθικός σχετικισμός | Moral relativism questions whether one society's customs provide a universal standard. |
| 657 | moral absolutism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + absolutism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ηθικός απολυταρχισμός | Moral absolutism led him to reject lying even to prevent embarrassment. |
| 658 | beneficence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | αγαθοεργία | Beneficence supported offering treatment after the trial. |
| 659 | nonmaleficence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | μη κακοήθεια | Nonmaleficence required stopping the procedure when risk increased. |
| 660 | cultivation theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultivation + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | καλλιεργητική θεωρία | Cultivation theory predicts that constant crime dramas may exaggerate perceived danger. |
| 661 | spiral of silence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: spiral + of + silence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | σπείρα σιωπής | A spiral of silence formed when dissenters feared public ridicule. |
| 662 | algorithmic bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: algorithmic + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | αλγοριθμική προκατάληψη | Algorithmic bias caused the screening tool to reject qualified applicants unevenly. |
| 663 | surveillance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | 1. παρακολούθηση 2. επιτήρηση | Workplace surveillance recorded every keyboard pause. |
| 664 | dramaturgical analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: dramaturgical + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | δραματουργική ανάλυση | Dramaturgical analysis compares the employee's formal meeting behavior with backstage conversation. |
| 665 | presentation of self | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: presentation + of + self. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | παρουσίαση του εαυτού | Her careful presentation of self emphasized competence during the interview. |
Vocabulary reading and practice
Opportunity and Social Resources
Reading practice for pages 19–21. Five relevant words are highlighted.
English reading
A meritocracy claims that achievement follows talent and effort, but access to opportunity is uneven. Socioeconomic status shapes material resources; cultural capital includes valued knowledge and habits; and social capital grows through useful relationships. Intersectionality examines how multiple identities and institutions combine, preventing a one-factor explanation of inequality.
Greek translation
A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.
Reading comprehension
1. What does meritocracy claim?
It claims that achievement follows talent and effort.
2. What is social capital?
Social capital consists of resources available through relationships.
3. Why use intersectionality?
It examines how multiple identities and institutions combine.
Vocabulary quiz
Choose the dictionary equivalent for each of 5 selected words.
Vocabulary chart page
This page focuses on the word chart. Reading passages appear once in each three-page group, while cloze quizzes remain in the established enhanced range for this level.
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 11–12
- OpenStax: Writing Guide with Handbook
- OpenStax: Anatomy and Physiology 2e
- OpenStax: Physics
- OpenStax: Calculus Volume 1
- OpenStax: American Government 3e
- OpenStax: Principles of Economics 3e
- OpenStax: Introduction to Sociology 3e
- 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).

