Unit 4 Vocabulary Grade 8

in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out the the right or hoped-for-course

• dismantle

• cleave

• awry

• volatile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state

• quirk

• volatile

• meticulous

• intrigue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to make sick to the stomach; fill with disgust

• premeditate

• nauseate

• vex

• encroach

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

something that derogates or casts in a bad light

• disparagement

• epitaph

• derision

• intrigue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

to split or divide by as if by cutting blow; especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood

• dismantle

• cleave

• encroach

• premeditate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

broken stones or bricks; ruins

• rubble

• forlorn

• vex

• epitaph

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

• pallid

• cryptic

• vex

• encroach

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to disassemble or pull down; take apart

• forlorn

• awry

• dismantle

• quirk

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

to advance beyond the usual or proper limits; trespass

• forlorn

• encroach

• derision

• cleave

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely

• awry

• vex

• pallid

• forlorn

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4