Vocabulary Workshop [G]: Unit 9

(n) a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval

• acclamation

• dilettante

• paroxysm

• pedantry

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(n) a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way

• acclamation

• dilettante

• paroxysm

• pedantry

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(n) a sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion

• acclamation

• dilettante

• paroxysm

• pedantry

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(n) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details

• acclamation

• dilettante

• paroxysm

• pedantry

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(n) a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill

• tyro

• collusion

• increment

• mandate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(n) a secret agreement or cooperation

• tyro

• collusion

• increment

• mandate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(n) an enlargement, increase, addition

• tyro

• collusion

• increment

• mandate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(n) an authoritative command, formal order, authorization

• tyro

• collusion

• increment

• mandate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(n) the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country

• peregrination

• shibboleth

• paroxysm

• acclamation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(n) a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commonplace saying or truism

• peregrination

• shibboleth

• paroxysm

• acclamation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E