English IV: Vocabulary Lesson 11

A wall or embankment for defense

• Bulwark

• Crescendo

• Etymology

• Impresario

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A steady increase in intensity or force

• Bulwark

• Crescendo

• Etymology

• Impresario

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

My heart reached a ... when the girl in the horror movie opened the creaking door and the monster was hiding inside.

• Bulwark

• Crescendo

• Impresario

• Malaise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Crafty, not straightforward

• Disingenuous

• Dogged

• Extant

• Intransigent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

I could tell he was evading the question and being ... when he wouldn't make eye contact.

• Disingenuous

• Dogged

• Extant

• Lachrymose

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Unrelenting, persistent

• Disingenuous

• Dogged

• Intransigent

• Lachrymose

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The dogs were being ... when they wouldn't stop chasing the ball around the yard.

• Disingenuous

• Dogged

• Intransigent

• Lachrymose

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The study of word origin and change

• Crescendo

• Etymology

• Impresario

• Malaise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In existence

• Dogged

• Extant

• Intransigent

• Pallid

Dinosaurs are no longer ...

• Dogged

• Extant

• Intransigent

• Pallid

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F