Dark Water Rising Ch. 1-6 Vocabulary

any of various dome-like structures

• wharves

• cupolas

• stucco

• oleanders

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

to make out the meaning of

• decipher

• embellished

• balk

• fracas

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

a walkway made of wooden boards, usually along a beach or shore

• esplanade

• conflagration

• chiffonier

• boardwalk

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heaving loads

• veranda

• chiffonier

• dray

• trestle

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified

• balk

• embellished

• fracas

• decipher

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

ugly and unpleasant in temper; stubborn

• balk

• cupolas

• ornery

• embellished

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn

• stucco

• esplanade

• balk

• embellished

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

a destructive fire, usually an extensive one

• ornery

• clapboard

• conflagration

• stucco

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar

• balk

• conflagration

• fracas

• decipher

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet

• stucco

• cupolas

• embellished

• chiffonier

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4