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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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771aververb
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Word study: Base-form focus: aver is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

affirmerThe witness continued to aver that the signature was genuine.
772bellicoseadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: bellicose is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

belliqueuxThe leader's bellicose speech alarmed neighboring states.
773beneficentadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: beneficent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. bienfaisant 2. miséricordieuxThe beneficent foundation supplied clean water to remote villages.
774cavilverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: cavil is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

chicanerReviewers may cavil at the font, but the data remain convincing.
775chauvinismnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

chauvinismeNational chauvinism led the speaker to dismiss every foreign achievement.
776circumspectionnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

circonspectionThe unresolved evidence required circumspection from investigators.
777commensurabilitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action.

commensurabilitéDifferent grading scales complicated the scores' commensurability.
778contritionnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. contrition 2. componctionHis contrition was evident in the apology and restitution.
779declivitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

déclivitéLoose stones made the steep declivity dangerous.
780desiccatedadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: desiccated is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

desséchéThe desiccated specimen crumbled when exposed to air.
781dispositiveadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.

dispositifThe newly dated letter was dispositive evidence of ownership.
782effulgentadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: effulgent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. rayonnant 2. rayonnanteThe moon appeared effulgent above the dark lake.
783enjoinverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: enjoin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

enjoindreThe court will enjoin the company from dumping waste.
784enmitynoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: enmity is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

inimitiéYears of enmity made cooperation difficult.
785equableadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: equable is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

calmeHer equable temperament helped during the crisis.
786extemporizeverb
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ize commonly forms a verb meaning to make, become, or apply.

improviserWhen the notes disappeared, the lecturer had to extemporize.
787factitiousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

facticeThe advertisement manufactured a factitious sense of urgency.
788fecunditynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

féconditéThe writer's fecundity yielded three novels in two years.
789hectorverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: hector is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

dominerThe supervisor tried to hector employees into unpaid overtime.
790imprecationnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. imprécation 2. malédiction 3. exécrationThe angry character ends his speech with an imprecation.
791indigencenoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

indigenceThe relief program provides legal aid to people facing indigence.
792inefficaciousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

inefficaceThe diluted treatment proved inefficacious against the infection.
793interdictverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: interdict is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. interdit 2. interdireThe treaty will interdict the sale of the banned weapon.
794lassitudenoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: lassitude is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

fatigueThe fever left her with several days of lassitude.
795mendacitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

fraudeRepeated contradictions exposed the official's mendacity.
796pecuniaryadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: pecuniary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. monétaire 2. pécuniaireThe court awarded pecuniary damages for lost wages.
797perspicuitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

perspicuitéThe manual's perspicuity helped beginners complete the repair.
798quotidianadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: quotidian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. quotidien 2. quotidienneThe novel finds meaning in quotidian routines such as cooking and commuting.
799recalcitrancenoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

récalcitranceThe agency's recalcitrance delayed release of the records.
800sanguinaryadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: sanguinary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

sanguinThe historian rejects the general's sanguinary plan as needless slaughter.

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