WH Practice #2

Vapid

• villainous

• flat, dull

• untidy, messy

• erratic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Caprice

• a sudden, impulsive action or notion

• an intrusion

• evenness of mind/disposition

• quality of shrewdness; having insight

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Inveterate

• cheerless; full of grief

• given to excessive moralizing

• habitual; firmly established by persistence

• having skill, cleverness

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Missive

• a gentle and friendly reproof

• a written communication

• a person who intrudes

• a sacred place

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Winsome

• Given to excessive moralizing

• Tearful, cheerless

• Habitual

• Pleasing, engaging

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Emissary

• One designated as the agent of another

• Anxiety arising from awareness of guilt

• A letter

• One who seizes power or position by force

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Essay

• to affirm or declare earnestly

• to make an effort, to try

• to talk hypocritically or in jargon

• to take the color out of

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Aver

• to try

• to intrude

• to gain the trust of

• to declare

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Bathos

• the sudden appearance of the elevated in otherwise commonplace style

• literary element invoking pity or compassion

• the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated style

• an appeal to one's emotions

Pathos

• the element of invoking pity or compassion

• the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated style

• an appeal to logic

• having skill, cleverness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5