Rebecca Vocabulary, Section Two: Ch 10-18

To encroach on someone or something means to

• trespass or intrude upon it

• to be fascinated with dark or disturbing thoughts

• reveal private or secret matters

• use charm to earn favor with someone

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When one is querulous, one is

• in line with acceptable social standards

• too open about secret or private matters

• unemotional and unresponsive

• annoyed, irritable, irascible, peevish

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When someone asks you to be modest, he or she is asking you to

• discuss gruesome topics

• to act in a way which shows respect for yourself and others

• use your charm in an insincere way to obtain someone's favor

• to be grumpy and peevish

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If something is futile, it is

• annoyed

• fawning

• gloomy

• hopeless

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you tend to have morbid thoughts, you are concerned with

• acting in ways that show respect for oneself and others

• acting in ways that follow acceptable social standards

• dark and disturbing topics

• revealing secrets

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Sullen means

• to be bad-tempered, sour, or surly

• unresponsive and insensitive

• to fawn over someone to gain favor

• to be socially appropriate

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

One who is stolid is one who

• is unemotional and insensitive

• is charming in an insincere way, to gain favor

• intrudes or trespasses

• seems hopeless

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A person who is indiscreet

• is often one who is gloomy, sulky, and moody

• tends to be irritable and peevish

• always acts in a way that shows great respect for oneself and others

• is apt to reveal private or secret thoughts or ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Being conventional means

• being peevish or irascible

• being in line with accepted ideas or social standards

• intruding or trespassing past acceptable limits

• revealing secrets

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

One who is ingratiating is also

• fretful, peevish, or irritable

• fawning or sycophantic, using charm to obtain favor

• one who has a hard time keeping secrets

• one who is fascinated with gruesome topics

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4