College 101 Essays Vocabulary

Attribute means

• Trait, quality, or characteristic
• An unusual habit or way of behaving.
• Believing or feeling something strongly or sincerely; displaying passionate intensity.
• Deeply rooted; existing for a long time and very difficult to change.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Ingrained means

• Skillful; able to do something quickly and accurately
• deeply rooted and very difficult to change.
• Exciting; having or showing a lot of energy.
• An unusual habit or way of behaving.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Quirks means

• Believing or feeling something strongly or sincerely; displaying passionate intensity.
• Skillful; able to do something quickly and accurately
• An unusual habit or way of behaving.
• Believing or feeling something strongly or sincerely; displaying passionate intensity.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Deft means

• Exciting; having or showing a lot of energy.
• Believing or feeling something strongly or sincerely; displaying passionate intensity.
• Skillful; able to do something quickly and accurately
• Trait, quality, or characteristic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

As a former soldier, my father is a ____________ supporter of military spending.

• deft
• fervent
• ingrained
• dynamic

In the film, the killer’s ____________ of styling his victims’ hair led the police to the salon where he worked.

• ingrained
• fervent
• quirk
• dynamic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I have many ___________ that make me boyfriend material- believe me, I’m awesome.

• attributes
• dynamics
• scapegoats
• quirks

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Since terrorists are ___________ about their beliefs, they will do anything to achieve their goals.

• dynamic
• deft
• ingrained
• fervent

I ________ maneuvered the car into the tiny spot.

• deft
• deftly
• deftned
• skillfully

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

The politician worked the crowd into a _________ when he started to speak about the need for gun control.

• fervor
• fervent
• fervently
• uproar

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E