Peak Vocabulary

What does it mean for a situation to be precarious?

• Safe and secure; absolutely secure and stable

• Silly

• Dangerous, risky; lacking in security or stability

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does pelting mean?

• To collect animal pelts as a hobby

• To climb a mountain

• Beating against; repeatedly hurling an object toward

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does demoralizing mean?

• Depriving of spirit or energy; disheartening

• To climb a mountain

• To face sideways

• To persevere

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does it mean to be audacious?

• To listen to audio nonstop

• To be fearless and daring; bold; risk-taking

• To be scared; weak; cowardly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is an alleged crime?

• A crime that is asserted without proof

• A crime that is proven with plenty of proof

• A crime that is felony

• A crime that is not very serious

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What does it mean when someone is enunciating?

• Mumbling words indistinctly

• Stating words clearly and distinctly

• Chewing loudly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Denouement

• The beginning part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are introduced and matters are begun and unresolved.

• The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

• A French word for the math term "denominator"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does it mean to elicit something?

• To evoke or draw out from someone by actions or questions

• To say something clearly and distinctly

• To demonstrate an action in an overt and obvious way

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is a demeanor?

• Someone's inner emotions

• When someone is "de meaner" character in the story

• Outward behavior or bearing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is the meaning of stupor?

• Stupidity; a foolish decision

• A daze; a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility

• A feeling of guilt

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4