350 10th Grade Spelling Words For School And Home!

Looking for a big list of spelling words for 10th grade? Here are 350 spelling words, a bunch of challenge words, and fun activities!

Have you been looking for the best spelling words for your 10th graders? Have no fear! I’ve got the best list for you.

These words are perfect for spelling activities, spelling tests, spelling bees, and worksheets. I’ve also added a bunch of 11th grade difficult words to challenge even your brightest tenth grader.

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10th Grade Spelling Words List

Here is a giant list of spelling words for 10th graders.

abalone
aberrant
abnormal
absenteeism
absolute
accelerator
accentuate
adage
adept
affront
agog
allay
allure
amorphous
ampere
amphitheater
anachronistic
analogous
anathema
animation
annihilate
annul
anonymous
apex
apocryphal
appalling
appropriation
arboreal
arcana
artisan
assertive
assess
assiduous
atrophy
attenuate
auditory
auspices
automation
autonomous
axiom
ballyhoo
banality
banter
bauble
beguiled
beguiling
belated
belvedere
benefactor
benevolent
betroth
bevy
bicuspid
biennial
blatant
bogus
boisterous
bolster
brandish
bravura
buttress
cacophony
callous
cancellation
canine
capillary
carcinogen
carnivorous
cervine
chagrin
chauffer
chronic
clientele
colleague
colloquial
comestible
commensurate
compile
complement
component
concept
concierge
conclusive
confounded
consolidate
consultant
contemplate
contemporaneous
conveyance
convivial
convulsion
corollary
cosmic
courier
credibility
creditor
crucial
cryptic
cumbrous
cumulative
curtail
cynical
daunted
debutante
default
deficient
deity
delineate
delve
demolition
demure
denigrate
dependent
depreciate
designate
despondent
despotism
deteriorate
devastate
dialect
dialogue
dilemma
diligent
disconcert
discretion
disenfranchise
disgruntle
disintegrate
dispel
dispense
displacement
dissection
diverse
dormant
dote
dramatic
eccentric
echelon
eclectic
eligible
elongate
eloquent
emancipate
embellish
emboss
embryo
emigrant
emit
encyclical
enhance
enlighten
ensemble
enthrall
enumerate
enunciate
epic
equilibrium
eradicate
esteem
evaluate
exasperate
exploit
expressly
fallacious
feign
ferret
fictitious
filibuster
finale
flaunt
formulate
forum
fraught
frivolous
frugal
frustrate
fungible
futile
gaseous
gazetteer
gazpacho
generalization
genteel
germinate
gimmicky
girth
glaze
glean
glib
glutton
gore
granulates
gratify
grotesque
grovel
hapless
havoc
helpless
heritage
hoax
horticulture
hove
humdrum
humiliate
humility
hybrid
hypocrite
hysteria
idiom
ignominy
illegitimate
illustrious
impartial
impeach
imperative
imperial
impersonal
impertinent
imperturbable
inaccessible
incandescent
incision
inclusive
incontrovertible
incorporate
incredulously
incriminate
indisposed
indomitable
induce
inducement
inert
inevitable
infidel
inkling
innacle
inquisitive
insufferable
intolerant
intransigence
intuition
invertebrate
invincile
invoke
ire
irony
jargon
journal
kefir
knickknack
kuchen
largesse
lateral
lederhosen
legacy
lieutenant
likelihood
linear
lintel
liquidate
listless
magnitude
malady
manipulate
martial
maternal
mauled
mediocre
medley
mire
misconception
modicum
momentum
morale
morbid
mutation
myrrh
narcissus
narcotic
neckerchief
neophyte
neurosis
nucleus
nunnery
obdurate
obituary
objectivity
oblivion
obnoxious
obscene
obstetrician
obtuse
occurred
omitted
opacity
opaque
opaqueness
operetta
oratory
ordinance
organic
organism
overture
oxymoron
parables
parallelogram
parochial
parry
passive
patronize
patronize
pegmatite
pejorative
pensive
penumbra
perception
perfunctory
permanent
perseverance
personnel
perspective
pertinacious
pertinent
pigment
piscatorial
plausible
poultice
rampageous
recalcitrant
restaurateur
reticular
sacrilegious
satire
sauerbraten
sobriquet
surreptitiously
sycophantic
temperament
thievery
tremolo
trichinosis
tripartite
troika
turducken
unconscionable
unnecessary
unpronounceable
virulent
vociferous
zoophyte

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10th Grade Challenge Words

Here are a bunch of spelling words to challenge your students!

nepotism
candor
pedestrain
rebuke
exonerate
plebeian
burlesque
patrician
acquiesce
scrupulous
kinetic
ostentatious
edify
penchant
finesse
expedite
hyperbole
circumspect
intrinsic
docile
innate
clemency
fidelity
pivotal
incisive
incense
hiatus
pedantic
impetuous
eminent
severance
alacrity
blithe
paltry
exacerbate
abnegate
acumen
polarize
renounce
evanescent
cadence
catholic
sardonic
insurgent
affinity
egocentric
salutary
officious
deleterious
reprove
covert
admonish
adherent
abash
heyday
faction
criterion
banal
accolade
agnostic
impeccable
relinquish
gregarious
indignant
dissipate
concurrent
facetious
milieu
loquacious
aggregate
inane
cajole
conjure

10th Grade Spelling Activities

Here are 14 fun activities for your tenth graders! They will love doing these different activities.

Rainbow Letters: Use a different colored pencil or crayon to write each letter of the word.
Scrambled Words: Unscramble the spelling words! You could also have students make up their own word scrambles!
Definitions: Write as many definitions of the words as they know. This will help their vocabulary skills!
Dice Spelling Words: List six of these activities on a piece of paper. Then have students roll the dice for each word and do what they rolled. For example, if they roll a three and three is rainbow letters, they get to write that word with rainbow letters.
Spelling Word Pictures: Choose some words to draw pictures of them. You get to choose how many pictures you’d like them to draw. Your students can draw the pictures at their own pace. Encourage them to use their imagination!
Invisible Words: Write the spelling words on a piece of paper with a white crayon. Then use markers to color over the spelling words. The spelling words will appear out of nowhere! Your students will love it.
Alphabetical Order: Write all of the spelling words in alphabetical order. Make sure they are in the correct order.
Fun Letters: Have the students write their spelling words with tall letters, tiny letters, zigzag letters, swirly letters, and any other fun letters they can think of!
Crossword Puzzles: Have your students make up their own crossword word puzzles for the spelling words. They’ll love it!
Word Search Puzzles: Let your students make their own word search puzzle. You can even have the students solve each other puzzles!
Colored Words: Write the spelling words using different colored pencils, crayons, or markers.
Spelling Word Pictures: Draw a picture, like a house or anything they’d like, using the spelling words. So instead of using lines to draw the object, they’ll write the spelling words.
Sentences: Write each spelling word in a sentence. Bonus points if there’s more than one word in a sentence.
Online Spelling Games: There are a whole bunch of spelling games online your kids can do to practice too!

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FAQs

What are some 10th grade words?

Organism, parallelogram, ignominy, overture, idiom, hybrid, parables, oxymoron, parochial, hypocrite, hysteria, and illegitimate are a few 10th grade words.