Vocabulary List #8

What word means openly and boldly resisting or challenging?

• parched
• infantile
• defiant
• lugubrious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What word means a wanderer who has no fixed home?

• nomad
• legendary
• oligarch
• fascist

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What word means to shrink or waste away?

• inventive
• invective 
• obdurate
• atrophy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What word means not likely?

• subtle
• improbable
• gnash
• insufficient

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

What word means dressed; clothed?

• mandible
• management
• incidental
• clad

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What word means a cartoon-like picture of someone, with exaggerated features?

• chartreuse
• castaway
• caricature
• scherzo 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What word means to look at or examine closely?

• scrutinize
• expectorate
• edible
• absolution

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What word means well-known; famous?

• legendary
• subtle
• melodramatic
• insatiable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What word means to put an end to?

• squash
• mash
• quash
• antidisestablishmentarianism 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What word means acting on impulse instead of planning it out?

• clad
• improbable
• irrational
• spontaneous