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9th Grade Vocabulary Words

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Words 176–210 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
176	reader response	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: reader + response. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	απάντηση αναγνώστη	Her reader response focuses on how migration in her family changes her view of the ending.
177	interpretive lens	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: interpretive + lens. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	ερμηνευτικός φακός	Through an environmental interpretive lens, the forest becomes more than a setting.
178	textual ambiguity	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: textual + ambiguity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	κειμενική ασάφεια	The final unanswered question preserves textual ambiguity.
179	thematic statement	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: thematic + statement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	θεματική δήλωση	“Fear can protect people but also imprison them” is a thematic statement.
180	central tension	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: central + tension. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	κεντρική τάση	The central tension pits personal loyalty against public duty.
181	collocation	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	ιδιωματική φράση	“Strong evidence” is a natural collocation, while “powerful evidence” is less typical.
182	lexical field	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: lexical + field. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	λεξιλογικό πεδίο	Wave, anchor, and harbor belong to a maritime lexical field.
183	semantic field	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: semantic + field. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	σημασιολογικό πεδίο	Joy, grief, anger, and fear form a semantic field of emotion.
184	pragmatic meaning	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: pragmatic + meaning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	πραγματιστική έννοια	The pragmatic meaning of “It is cold here” may be a request to close the window.
185	neologism	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	νεολογισμός	The technology article introduces a neologism for anxiety caused by lost internet access.
186	archaism	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	1. αρχαιοπρέπεια 2. αρχαϊσμός	The historical drama uses the archaism “wherefore” to suggest an earlier period.
187	dysphemism	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	δυσφημισμός	Calling an old car a “rust bucket” is a dysphemism.
188	malapropism	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	σαρδάμ	Saying “dance a flamingo” instead of “dance a flamenco” is a malapropism.
189	code-switching	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: code + switching. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	εναλλαγή κωδικών	His code-switching becomes more formal during the job interview.
190	sociolect	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: sociolect is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	κοινωνιόλεκτος	The researcher studies a workplace sociolect used by experienced sailors.
191	idiolect	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: idiolect is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. ιδιόλεκτος 2. ιδιόλεκτο	The novelist gives each character an idiolect through favorite phrases and sentence patterns.
192	descriptivism	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	περιγραφική γλωσσολογία	Descriptivism treats new slang as evidence of language change.
193	prescriptivism	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	προστακτισμός	Prescriptivism favors standard forms in formal writing.
194	nominalization	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	ουσιαστικοποίηση	The nominalization decision can replace the more direct verb decide.
195	active voice	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: active + voice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	ενεργητική φωνή	“The committee approved the plan” uses active voice.
196	passive voice	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: passive + voice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	παθητική φωνή	“The plan was approved” uses passive voice.
197	periodic sentence	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: periodic + sentence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	περιοδική πρόταση	“After months of debate and two revisions, the council agreed” is a periodic sentence.
198	cumulative sentence	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: cumulative + sentence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	σωρευτική πρόταση	“The hawk rose, circling above the field, watching the grass” is a cumulative sentence.
199	balanced sentence	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: balanced + sentence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	ισορροπημένη πρόταση	“The law promised order; the protest demanded justice” is a balanced sentence.
200	rhetorical fragment	noun Study Field: Grade 9 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: rhetorical + fragment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	ρητορικό απόσπασμα	After describing the damage, the writer adds the rhetorical fragment “Too late.”
201	cell wall	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: cell + wall. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	κυτταρικό τοίχωμα	The plant's cell wall helps it keep a stable shape.
202	central vacuole	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: central + vacuole. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	κεντρικό κενό	Water entering the central vacuole makes the plant cell firm.
203	lysosome	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Base-form focus: lysosome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	λυσόσωμα	A lysosome digests damaged material so its components can be reused.
204	Golgi apparatus	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: Golgi + apparatus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	συσκευή Golgi	The Golgi apparatus places finished proteins into vesicles for transport.
205	endoplasmic reticulum	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: endoplasmic + reticulum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	ενδοπλασματικό δίκτυο	Ribosomes attached to rough endoplasmic reticulum assemble proteins.
206	cytoskeleton	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Base-form focus: cytoskeleton is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	κυτταρικός σκελετός	The cytoskeleton helps a white blood cell change shape as it moves.
207	vesicle	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Base-form focus: vesicle is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	κυστίδιο	A vesicle carries the protein toward the cell membrane.
208	cell specialization	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: cell + specialization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	κυτταρική εξειδίκευση	Cell specialization produces neurons that transmit signals and muscle cells that contract.
209	unicellular	adjective Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Base-form focus: unicellular is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	μονοκύτταρος	A unicellular organism must perform all life processes within its single cell.
210	multicellular	adjective Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Prefix focus: multi- means many.	πολυκύτταρος	A tree is multicellular and contains tissues for transport, support, and growth.

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