Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2, Lesson 8

(Review) easily angered

• candid
• irascible
• ostensible 
• jaunty 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

the whole range or extent

• decorum 
• rancor 
• gamut 
• banter 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

stern; severe; plain

• diffident 
• droll
• gauche
• austere 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

(Review) an organized group of people with an obsessive devotion to a person or set principles

• effigy 
• cult
• destitute 
• enigma 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to lessen in violence or intensity

• abate 
• divulge 
• expunge 
• concur 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

amusing in an odd or whimsical way

• austere 
• gauche
• droll
• irascible 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

conformity to accepted standards or conduct; proper behavior

• jingoism
• duplicity 
• ignominy 
• decorum

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(Review) one who merely dabbles in an art or science

• opus 
• dilettante 
• argot
• enigma 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

to distribute; to give out sparingly

• dole
• extol 
• ostracize 
• appease 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to detest; to hate strongly

• abate 
• expunge 
• abhor 
• castigate 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4