Vocabulary Q4 - Group #3 (9 words)

debility

• shining; glowing
• to magnify beyond limits of truth
• weakness; incapacity
• tired; slow

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

incentive

• middle class
• tired; slow
• to the point
• a thing that motivated or encouraged one to do something

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

hiatus

• very happy; excited
• interruption; pause
• tired; slow
• magnify beyond the limits of truth

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

obscure

• difficult to understand, partially hidden

• magnify behond limits of truth

• calm; collected

• producing good effects on the body or mind

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

poignant

• a statement that contradicts itself

• deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions

• ill-mannered

• interruption; pause

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

respite

• a break; intermission

• shining; glowing

• very happy; excited

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

terse

• middle class

• concise; to the point

• tired; slow

• very happy; excited

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

subdue

• to bring under control

• to communicate

• deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions

• ill-mannered

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

bourgeois

• tired; slow

• shining; glowing

• middle class

• believing that people act only out of selfish motives

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E