Tier II 9th grade words

Absolve

• to clear of guilt or blame

• to dissolve something

• absolutely true

• when you can prove something

alleviate

• to make something unbearable

• to relieve, make more bearable

• to elevate something

• construction of elevators

alternative

• to choose the same thing

• when you are native to an area

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• picking a place to live

ambivalent

• being able to use all your limbs

• to feel strongly about something

• when you need an ambulance

• having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

analyze

• to look at something carefully by attention to its parts

• to plot graphs

• to plot charts

• being rigid and unchangeable in your belief system

animosity

• making anime's

• strong dislike; bitter hostility

• disliking anime art

• when something is huge

approximate

• when something is a false

• to acquire something

• close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact

• a person that is not a good partner choice

arbitrary

• exactly correct

• 50% correct

• to argue in a court of law

• random

attribute

• characteristic

• to not give something credit

• to take away credit

• no characteristics

beneficial

• harmful

• Being of use; helpful; favorable

• doesn't matter either way

• bad feeling about something