progressive vocab list 2024-2025

Front

Foreboding

Back

A feeling that something bad will happen; a sense of impending doom.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Precise

Back

Exact and accurate; free from any ambiguity.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Nuance

Back

A subtle difference or distinction in meaning, expression, or response.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Dense

Back

Closely compacted in substance; difficult to see through.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

Lurking

Back

Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush; to lie in wait.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Artifact

Back

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Legible

Back

Clear enough to be read; easily readable.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

Crucial

Back

Of great importance; critical.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Peculiar

Back

Strange or odd; unusual.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Front

Reassuring

Back

Having a calming effect; restoring confidence.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4