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.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

to make sick to the stomach; fill with disgust

• premeditate

• nauseate

• vex

• encroach

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

something that derogates or casts in a bad light

• disparagement

• epitaph

• derision

• intrigue

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

broken stones or bricks; ruins

• rubble

• forlorn

• vex

• epitaph

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

• pallid

• cryptic

• vex

• encroach

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

to disassemble or pull down; take apart

• forlorn

• awry

• dismantle

• quirk

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to advance beyond the usual or proper limits; trespass

• forlorn

• encroach

• derision

• cleave

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely

• awry

• vex

• pallid

• forlorn

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4