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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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386noninertial framenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: noninertial + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

quadro non inerzialeThe turning car is a noninertial frame.
387static equilibriumnoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: static + equilibrium. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. equilibrio statico 2. equilibrio meccanicoThe hanging sign stays in static equilibrium.
388center of massnoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: center + of + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

centro di massaThe gymnast shifts her center of mass above the beam.
389center of gravitynoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: center + of + gravity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

baricentroA low center of gravity makes the vehicle harder to tip.
390conservation of angular momentumnoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: conservation + of + angular + momentum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

conservazione del momento angolareConservation of angular momentum makes the skater spin faster when her arms move inward.
391moment of inertianoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: moment + of + inertia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

momento di inerziaMoving mass away from the axis increases moment of inertia.
392damped oscillationnoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: damped + oscillation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

oscillazione smorzataThe door closer produces a damped oscillation rather than endless swinging.
393mechanical wavenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: mechanical + wave. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

onda meccanicaSound is a mechanical wave traveling through air.
394superposition principlenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: superposition + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

principio di sovrapposizioneThe superposition principle explains the interference pattern.
395coherent sourcenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: coherent + source. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

fonte coerenteA laser provides a coherent source for the interference experiment.
396electromotive forcenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: electromotive + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

forza elettromotriceThe battery's electromotive force drives charge around the circuit.
397terminal voltagenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: terminal + voltage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

tensione ai terminaliInternal resistance makes terminal voltage fall under heavy load.
398internal resistancenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: internal + resistance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

resistenza internaThe old cell's high internal resistance limits its current.
399electric powernoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: electric + power. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

potenza elettricaThe heater's electric power equals voltage multiplied by current.
400magnetic forcenoun
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Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term

Word study: Term structure: magnetic + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

forza magneticaThe magnetic force bends the electron beam into a curve.
401differentiationnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

differenziazioneDifferentiation gives the velocity function from the position function.
402antiderivativenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

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

1. primitiva 2. antiderivataThe function x squared is an antiderivative of 2x.
403fundamental theorem of calculusproper noun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: fundamental + theorem + of + calculus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

teorema fondamentale del calcolo integraleThe fundamental theorem of calculus lets us evaluate the integral using an antiderivative.
404tangent linenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: tangent + line. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

tangenteThe tangent line approximates the graph near x equals two.
405secant linenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: secant + line. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

linea secanteThe slope of the secant line gives average change over the interval.
406instantaneous ratenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: instantaneous + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

tasso istantaneoThe derivative gives the car's instantaneous rate of change in position.
407average ratenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: average + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

tasso medioThe average rate was sixty kilometers per hour over the full trip.
408related ratesnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: related + rates. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

tariffe relativeRelated rates determine how fast the shadow lengthens as the person walks.
409chain rulenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: chain + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

regola della catenaThe chain rule differentiates the square of a sine function.
410product rulenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: product + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

regola del prodottoThe product rule includes a derivative term for each factor.
411quotient rulenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: quotient + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

regola del quozienteThe quotient rule differentiates the rational expression.
412power rulenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: power + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

regola del potereThe power rule changes x cubed into 3x squared.
413implicit differentiationnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: implicit + differentiation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

differenziazione implicitaImplicit differentiation finds the slope of the circle.
414definite integralnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: definite + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

integrale definitoThe definite integral gives net change from time zero to time five.
415indefinite integralnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: indefinite + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

integrale indefinitoThe indefinite integral includes an arbitrary constant.
416Riemann sumproper noun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: Riemann + sum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

Somma di RiemannThe Riemann sum becomes more accurate as the partition narrows.
417area under the curvenoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: area + under + the + curve. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

zona sotto la curvaThe area under the curve represents total distance when velocity stays positive.
418differential equationnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: differential + equation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

equazione differenzialeThe differential equation models population change over time.
419initial conditionnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: initial + condition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

condizione inizialeThe initial condition states that the tank holds fifty liters at noon.
420slope fieldnoun
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Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: slope + field. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. campo di pendenza 2. campo di direzioneThe slope field reveals how solutions bend without solving the equation explicitly.

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