12th Grade Vocabulary

Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior.

• Exquisite

• Servile

• Luminous

• Deplorable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

An impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.

• Hindrance

• Anecdote

• Cower

• Vigilance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.

• Avarice

• Oppression

• Anecdote

• Impediment

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.

• Luminous

• Servile

• Vigilance

• Discreet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable.

• Deplorable

• Exquisite

• Cower

• Servile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

• Cower

• Oppression

• Avarice

• Deplorable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.

• Immense

• Oppression

• Servile

• Vigilance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To crouch, as in fear or shame.

• Immense

• Impediment

• Cower

• Servile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

State or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness:

• Vigilance

• Deplorable

• Immense

• Exquisite

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence.

• Immense

• Avarice

• Cower

• Discreet

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F