11th grade vocabulary words

It’s junior year, so if you’re going to add anything to your teen’s to-do list, it better be worth it. Trust us, this list of 11th grade academic vocabulary words is worth it. Help your teen learn the meanings, uses, and spellings of these words. These are terms your teen will encounter in every subject this year. When teens know these words, they better understand what they read and hear in class, rather than getting lost because of unknown terms. When your 11th grader knows these words well enough to use them in writing and presentations, it will add precision, nuance, and eloquence to your teen’s work.

Share this list, courtesy of Hyde Park Central School District, with your high school junior. Challenge yourself and your teen to use these words in everyday conversation and to learn all of these words before the year ends. Not only will knowing these words help your child excel now, they’re words that will pop up on college admissions tests.

aberration	conciliatory	incessant
abstract	contract	incidental
accolade	copious	incite
accommodate	cordial	incorrigible
aesthetic	dearth	indict
affinity	debilitate	indoctrinate
altercation	decadence	insurgent
ameliorate	deference	intangible
amicable	delineate	judicious
anarchy	deprecate	lavish
anomaly	despot	listless
appall	devious	meager
archaic	didactic	meander
arduous	disparage	negligent
articulate	dissonance	obliterate
astute	duplicity	ponderous
authoritarian	edifice	preclude
aversion	effervescent	prerequisite
biased	egregious	proximity
brevity	elusive	rectify
cajole	equivocal	rescind
callous	erroneous	resolution
capitulate	exemplary	rigorous
catalyst	expedient	scrutinize
catharsis	extraneous	substantiate
caustic	formidable	surmise
censure	frivolous	tirade
chastise	grueling	turbulence
clamor	haphazard	unimpeachable
coalesce	heretic	unobtrusive
cognizant	hindrance	usurp
commiserate	hypocrisy	vacillate
composure	iconoclast	whimsical