The Importance of Being Earnest - Vocabulary

serious and sincere

• earnest

• ostentatious

• provincial

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

not important

• indecorous

• secular

• trivial

• tutelage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

one's strong point

• capacious

• forte

• misanthrope

• ostentatious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to change a written work by removing parts that might offend people

• propagate

• consternation

• expurgate

• vacillate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a person who lives in or comes from a place that is far away from large cities

• provincial

• indecorous

• capacious

• outlandish

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

not decorous; conflicting with accepted standards of good conduct or good taste

• utilitarian

• obstinate

• secular

• indecorous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

carelessly and foolishly wasting money, materials, etc.; wasteful

• misanthrope

• profligate

• quixotic

• existential

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

made to be useful rather than to be decorative or comfortable

• ostentatious

• utilitarian

• indecorous

• provincial

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

hopeful or romantic in a way that is not practical

• ostentatious

• insidious

• capacious

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to repeatedly change your opinions or desires

• fantasize

• vacillate

• profligate

• expurgate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4