English 9 Vocabulary

sullen and ill tempered (adjective)

• morose

• drone

• contemplate

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc. by gestures without speech (noun or verb)

• drone

• contemplate

• pantomime

• morose

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

to make a low continuous humming sound (noun or verb)

• ominous

• pantomime

• contemplate

• drone

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

to look thoughtfully for a long time (verb)

• contemplate

• drone

• pantomime

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen (verb)

• morose

• pantomime

• ominous

• contemplate

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

having a quarrelsome or combative nature

• pugnacious

• derogatory

• mollify

• receptive

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

to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease

• receptive

• mollify

• receptive

• derogatory

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 lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory

• derogatory

• mollify

• derision

• pugnacious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

a state of being laughed at or ridiculed: an object of ridicule or scorn

• mollify

• derogatory

• receptive

• derision

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.

• derision

• receptive

• mollify

• pugnacious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4