Wordly Wise: Lesson 10

adj. Most miserable; wretched.

• abject
• advocate
• atrocity
• commemorate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

v. To plead in favor or; to defend.
n. One who argues for or defends a person, group, or idea.

• reprisal
• turmoil
• wreak
• advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

n. An act of great cruelty and wickedness.

• dire
• atrocity
• enhance
• mute

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

adj. 1. Very brutal, wicked, or cruel. 2. Appallingly bad; outrageous.

• raze
• atrocious
• turmoil
• elite

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

v. To serve as a memorial to; to remember in a solemn manner. 

• commemorate
• dialect
• dire
• enhance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

n. A form of a language spoken in a certain geographical region that has its own grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.

• flagrant
• dialect
• languish
• reprisal

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

adj. Having terrible consequences; urgent or desperate.

• abject
• advocate
• dire
• flagrant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

n. A group that enjoys superior status to others.
adj. Considered superior to others. 

• enhance
• flagrant
• raze
• elite

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

v. To make greater or better.

• enhance
• flagrant
• mute
• languish

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

adj. Clearly offensive or bad; conspicuously acting against what is right. 

• mute
• flagrant
• raze
• reprisal

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C