Grade 9 word list 4

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1. \'\'\'optimism\'\'\' a general disposition to expect the best in all things
2. \'\'\'orator\'\'\' a person who delivers a speech or oration
3. \'\'\'orchestra\'\'\' a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
4. \'\'\'organization\'\'\' a group of people who work together
5. \'\'\'originally\'\'\' in an original manner
6. \'\'\'ostentatious\'\'\' intended to attract notice and impress others
7. \'\'\'paid\'\'\' marked by the reception of pay
8. \'\'\'paradise\'\'\' any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
9. \'\'\'parallel\'\'\' being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
10. \'\'\'particularly\'\'\' to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
11. \'\'\'peasant\'\'\' a country person
12. \'\'\'peculiar\'\'\' beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
13. \'\'\'percentage\'\'\' a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
14. \'\'\'performance\'\'\' a dramatic or musical entertainment
15. \'\'\'peril\'\'\' a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
16. \'\'\'permanent\'\'\' continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
17. \'\'\'personal\'\'\' concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
18. \'\'\'personality\'\'\' the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
19. \'\'\'perspiration\'\'\' salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
20. \'\'\'persuade\'\'\' win approval or support for
21. \'\'\'petition\'\'\' a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
22. \'\'\'pharaoh\'\'\' the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
23. \'\'\'pharmacy\'\'\' a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
24. \'\'\'philosopher\'\'\' a specialist in philosophy
25. \'\'\'physical\'\'\' involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
26. \'\'\'picnic\'\'\' a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
27. \'\'\'pistachio\'\'\' small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
28. \'\'\'planning\'\'\' an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
29. \'\'\'playwright\'\'\' someone who writes plays
30. \'\'\'pleasant\'\'\' affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
31. \'\'\'policies\'\'\' pl. a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
32. \'\'\'politician\'\'\' a leader engaged in civil administration
33. \'\'\'porcelain\'\'\' ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
34. \'\'\'possess\'\'\' have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
35. \'\'\'possession\'\'\' the act of having and controlling property
36. \'\'\'possibility\'\'\' a future prospect or potential
37. \'\'\'practically\'\'\' almost; nearly
38. \'\'\'practiced\'\'\' having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
39. \'\'\'precede\'\'\' be earlier in time; go back further
40. \'\'\'preceding\'\'\' existing or coming before
41. \'\'\'precisely\'\'\' indicating exactness or preciseness
42. \'\'\'predominant\'\'\' most frequent or common
43. \'\'\'preference\'\'\' a strong liking
44. \'\'\'preferred\'\'\' more desirable than another
45. \'\'\'prejudice\'\'\' a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
46. \'\'\'preparation\'\'\' the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
47. \'\'\'pressure\'\'\' the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
48. \'\'\'presumptuous\'\'\' excessively forward
49. \'\'\'primitive\'\'\' belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
50. \'\'\'privilege\'\'\' a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
51. \'\'\'probably\'\'\' with considerable certainty; without much doubt
52. \'\'\'problem\'\'\' a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
53. \'\'\'procedure\'\'\' a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
54. \'\'\'proceed\'\'\' move ahead; travel onward in time or space
55. \'\'\'procession\'\'\' (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
56. \'\'\'professor\'\'\' the highest ranking position for a university academic
57. \'\'\'prohibit\'\'\' command against
58. \'\'\'prominent\'\'\' having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
59. \'\'\'promptly\'\'\' with little or no delay
60. \'\'\'proportion\'\'\' the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
61. \'\'\'protagonist\'\'\' the principal character in a work of fiction
62. \'\'\'prudent\'\'\' careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
63. \'\'\'psychology\'\'\' the science of mental life
64. \'\'\'publicity\'\'\' a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
65. \'\'\'punctual\'\'\' acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
66. \'\'\'pursue\'\'\' carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
67. \'\'\'pursuit\'\'\' the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
68. \'\'\'qualities\'\'\' pl. an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
69. \'\'\'quantities\'\'\' pl. the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
70. \'\'\'questionnaire\'\'\' a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information
71. \'\'\'radar\'\'\' measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
72. \'\'\'readily\'\'\' without much difficulty
73. \'\'\'reasonably\'\'\' to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
74. \'\'\'receipt\'\'\' the act of receiving
75. \'\'\'receive\'\'\' get something; come into possession of
76. \'\'\'recent\'\'\' new
77. \'\'\'recognize\'\'\' accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
78. \'\'\'recommendation\'\'\' something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable
79. \'\'\'referring\'\'\' make reference to
80. \'\'\'refrigerator\'\'\' white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
81. \'\'\'regretting\'\'\' feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
82. \'\'\'reign\'\'\' have sovereign power
83. \'\'\'relevant\'\'\' having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
84. \'\'\'relieve\'\'\' provide physical relief, as from pain
85. \'\'\'remain\'\'\' say the same; remain in a certain state
86. \'\'\'remembrance\'\'\' the ability to recall past occurrences
87. \'\'\'removal\'\'\' the act of removing
88. \'\'\'renewal\'\'\' the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
89. \'\'\'repetition\'\'\' the act of doing or performing again
90. \'\'\'representative\'\'\' serving to represent or typify
91. \'\'\'requirement\'\'\' anything indispensable
92. \'\'\'residence\'\'\' any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
93. \'\'\'resign\'\'\' leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
94. \'\'\'resistance\'\'\' the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
95. \'\'\'respectively\'\'\' in the order given
96. \'\'\'responsibility\'\'\' the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
97. \'\'\'restaurant\'\'\' a building where people go to eat
98. \'\'\'retrieve\'\'\' get or find back; recover the use of
99. \'\'\'revenge\'\'\' action taken in return for an injury or offence
100. \'\'\'rhythm\'\'\' an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs