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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| 176 | calque | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: calque is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 번역차용(翻譯借用) | “Flea market” has produced a calque in several languages. |
| 177 | bathos | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: bathos is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 급격한 격조 저하 2. 점강법 | The heroic speech ends in bathos when the warrior complains about his lunch. |
| 178 | heteroglossia | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: heteroglossia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 이질언어성 2. 다중언어성 | The novel's heteroglossia brings official, regional, and rebellious speech into conflict. |
| 179 | dialogism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | 대화 | Dialogism prevents the novel from granting one character final authority. |
| 180 | carnivalesque | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: carnivalesque is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 카니발풍의 | The carnivalesque festival lets servants mock their masters. |
| 181 | liminality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | 경계성 | The journey creates liminality as the initiate leaves childhood but has not entered adulthood. |
| 182 | paratext | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: paratext is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 파라텍스트 | The title and cover form a paratext that frames the novel as a mystery. |
| 183 | peritext | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: peritext is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 주변 텍스트 | The preface and footnotes belong to the book's peritext. |
| 184 | epitext | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: epitext is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 에피텍스트 | An author's interview can function as epitext for readers of the novel. |
| 185 | textual apparatus | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: textual + apparatus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. 본문 비평 장치 2. 교감 장치 | The textual apparatus explains why the editor chose one manuscript reading. |
| 186 | variorum | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: variorum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 이본 대조판 2. 주석 이본판 | The variorum lists alternate lines from every surviving draft. |
| 187 | emendation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 교정 | The emendation restores a word blurred in the earliest printing. |
| 188 | recension | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 1. 계통 판본 2. 교정 판본 | The northern recension includes a chapter absent from other manuscripts. |
| 189 | metalepsis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: metalepsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 메타렙시스 2. 서사 층위 침범 | Metalepsis occurs when the author suddenly argues with her own character. |
| 190 | chronotope | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: chronotope is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 크로노토프 | The road chronotope makes travel the setting for meetings and change. |
| 191 | polyphony | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: polyphony is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 다성성 2. 복수 목소리의 공존 | The novel's polyphony allows each sibling to challenge the family history. |
| 192 | monoglossia | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: monoglossia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 모노글로시아 | The decree's monoglossia permits no alternative account of the event. |
| 193 | intermediality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | 1. 상호매체성 2. 매체 간 상호작용 | The production's intermediality combines live theater, film, and projected text. |
| 194 | ecocriticism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | 생태비평 | Ecocriticism reveals how the poem treats the river as more than scenery. |
| 195 | postcolonialism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | 탈식민주의 | Postcolonialism guides the essay's analysis of imposed place names. |
| 196 | reader-response criticism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: reader + response + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 독자 반응 비판 | Reader-response criticism compares how two communities interpret the ending. |
| 197 | new historicism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: new + historicism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 새로운 역사주의 | New historicism places the play beside court records and travel accounts. |
| 198 | poststructuralism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | 포스트구조주의 | Poststructuralism draws attention to contradictions within the category of “civilized.” |
| 199 | semiotics | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: semiotics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 기호학 | Semiotics examines how color and clothing signal authority in the film. |
| 200 | signifier | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: signifier is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 기표 | The red light is a signifier whose meaning depends on the traffic system. |
| 201 | anatomical position | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: anatomical + position. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 해부학적 위치 | In anatomical position, the palms face forward and the feet point ahead. |
| 202 | sagittal plane | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: sagittal + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 시상면 | A sagittal plane passes from the front of the body to the back. |
| 203 | coronal plane | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: coronal + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 관상면 | The coronal plane separates anterior structures from posterior ones. |
| 204 | transverse plane | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: transverse + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 횡단면 | The scan shows a transverse plane through the abdomen. |
| 205 | proximal | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: proximal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 근위부 | The elbow is proximal to the wrist. |
| 206 | distal | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: distal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 원위 | The fingers are distal to the shoulder. |
| 207 | medial | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: medial is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 내측 | The sternum is medial to the ribs. |
| 208 | lateral | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: lateral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 외측의 2. 몸의 정중선에서 먼 | The lungs are lateral to the heart. |
| 209 | ventral | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: ventral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 복측의 2. 배쪽의 | The ventral surface of the human body includes the chest. |
| 210 | dorsal | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dorsal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 배측의 2. 등쪽의 | The spinal cord lies within the dorsal body cavity. |
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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 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).

