8th Grade: Unit 4 Vocabulary

TO CRITICIZE; TO SCOLD MILDLY OR EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL

• YEN

• DILAPIDATED

• INTEGRAL

• CHIDE

UNHEALTHY; HARMFUL TO LIFE OR HEALTH; POISONOUS

• DIABOLIC

• SCENARIO

• NOXIOUS

• COMMENSURATE

—DEVILISH; VERY CRUEL; WICKED; DEMONIC

• DIABOLIC

• YEN

• CHIDE

• CONNNOTATION

RUN-DOWN; FALLEN INTO A STATE IN WHICH REPAIRS ARE BADLY NEEDED; BROKEN DOWN

• INTEGRAL

• SCENARIO

• DILAPIDATED

• CONNOTATION

A SUGGESTED MEANING; A SECONDARY MEANING SUGGESTED BY A WORD, IN ADDITION TO THE WORD’S DICTIONARY DEFINITION

• CONNOTATION

• YEN

• CHIDE

• NOXIOUS

EQUAL TO; CORRESPONDING IN DEGREE, NUMBER, OR SIZE; IN PROPORTION

• COALITION

• CHIDE

• COMMENSURATE

• YEN

A PARTNERSHIP; A UNION OF INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, OR NATIONS FOR SOME SPECIFIC PURPOSE

• DILAPIDATED

• YEN

• CHIDE

• COALITION

ESSENTIAL; NECESSARY TO THE WHOLE; BELONGING TO THE WHOLE

• INTEGRAL

• CHIDE

• NOXIOUS

• DIABOLIC

A LONGING; A STRONG DESIRE OR CRAVING

• CHIDE

• COALITION

• YEN

• SCENARIO

AN OUTLINE OF POSSIBLE EVENTS; A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT IS IMAGINED, ASSUMED, OR SUGGESTED

• CHIDE

• COALITION

• COMMENSURATE

• SCENARIO