Week 1 Academic Vocabulary

What does abhor mean?

• to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for

• causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade; causing irritation

• offering or expressing a choice; different from the usual or conventional; occurring or succeeding by turns

• doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness; capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does abrasive mean?

• in a mistaken way : WRONGLY; in a faulty way : IMPERFECTLY

• absence of government, a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority, a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government

• causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade; causing irritation

• of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does alternative mean?

• a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music; ASSORTMENT

• lack of feeling or emotion : IMPASSIVENESS; lack of interest or concern : INDIFFERENCE

• ARREST, SEIZE; to become aware of : PERCEIVE, to anticipate especially with anxiety, dread, or fear; to grasp with the understanding : recognize the meaning of

• offering or expressing a choice; different from the usual or conventional; occurring or succeeding by turns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does ambiguous mean?

• to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for

• causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade; causing irritation

• doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness; capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways

• offering or expressing a choice; different from the usual or conventional; occurring or succeeding by turns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does amiss mean?

• in a mistaken way : WRONGLY; in a faulty way : IMPERFECTLY

• doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness; capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways

• absence of government, a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority, a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government

• of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does anarchy mean?

• of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability

• a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music; ASSORTMENT

• absence of government, a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority, a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government

• lack of feeling or emotion : IMPASSIVENESS; lack of interest or concern : INDIFFERENCE

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does anonymous mean?

• of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability

• ARREST, SEIZE; to become aware of : PERCEIVE, to anticipate especially with anxiety, dread, or fear; to grasp with the understanding : recognize the meaning of

• to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for

• causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade; causing irritation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does anthology mean?

• causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade; causing irritation

• a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music; ASSORTMENT

• offering or expressing a choice; different from the usual or conventional; occurring or succeeding by turns

• doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness; capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does apathy mean?

• lack of feeling or emotion : IMPASSIVENESS; lack of interest or concern : INDIFFERENCE

• in a mistaken way : WRONGLY; in a faulty way : IMPERFECTLY

• absence of government, a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority, a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government

• of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does apprehend mean?

• to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for

• causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade; causing irritation

• ARREST, SEIZE; to become aware of : PERCEIVE, to anticipate especially with anxiety, dread, or fear; to grasp with the understanding : recognize the meaning of

• offering or expressing a choice; different from the usual or conventional; occurring or succeeding by turns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C