Chapter 13 Vocabulary

well-spoken

• garrulous

• artificial

• articulate

• argument

to bring under control; enslave; conquer

• subjugate

• efface

• belittle

• bombastic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to consent without protest; to comply; assent

• diffident

• acquiesce

• acquisition

• acquire

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

barely sufficient; barely adequate; meager

• scandelous

• laconic

• scanty

• conciiatory

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to represent in words or pictures

• belittle

• bombastic

• delineate

• articulate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

using as few words as possible; terse

• bombastic

• belittle

• lazy

• laconic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

using high-sounding language without much meaning; overblown

• bombastic

• conciliatory

• diffident

• laconic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

to make something seem less worthy or less important

• acquiesce

• belittle

• belief

• acquire

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

tending to win over or appease; pacifying

• conceal

• delineate

• diffident

• conciliatory

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

lacking self-confidence; timid

• difficult

• diffident

• shy

• delineate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F