Short Stories Vocabulary Review

instigate

• the condition of having good fortune

• a desire to have something that is possessed by another

• mentally quick

• to stir up or urge on

Depreciate

• A desire to have something that is possessed by another

• Mentally agile

• To search thoroughly

• To lower the value of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Scrutiny

• To make free from confusion or ambiguity (open to more than one interpretation)

• Moving quick and lightly

• To make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color

• A prolonged intense look

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ecstatic

• desire strongly or persistently

• Characterized by strong enthusiasm

• Feeling great rapture or delight

• To endure the loss of

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ardent

• A prolonged intense look

• Characterized by strong enthusiasm

• A destructive action

• To move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

imputation

• something necessary

• an accusation

• an embarrassing situation

• a close call

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

patent

• a falsehood

• something evil

• evident or obvious

• unclear

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

inconsequential

• important

• vital

• not important or significant

• a lasting legacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

prudence

• elated

• thrilled

• cautiousness or judgement

• impulsive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

parsimony

• indulgent

• flashy

• unwilling to spend money or resources

• indulgent

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4