9th grade words
10th grade words
literary term
literary devices
homophone
100

mass killing

carnage

100

greed

what is avarice

100

using like or as to compare

what is simile

100

physical or verbal disagreement

what is conflict

100

maze

what is maize

200

envy

what is covet

200

second to last

penultimate

200

comparison without using like or as

what is a metaphor

200

expression not to be taken literally

what is idiomatic expression
200

week

what is weak

300

angry

what is belligerent

300

to shorten

what is abridge

300

main character

what is a protagonist

300

contradiction of what is said and done 

what is irony

300

their

what is there

400

disastrous

what is catastrophic  

400

a lot

what is myriad

400

time, place atmosphere

what is the setting

400

sound that is a word

onomatapoeia

400

oar

what is ore

500

prejudicial

what is bigotry

500

not saying a lot; silent

what is taciturn

500

anything or anyone against main character

what is an antagonist

500

over exaggeration

what is a hyperbole

500

hoarse

what is horse

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