8 - Vocab List #15

distraught

• extremely troubled or agitated; worried

• showing excessive self-esteem or vanity

• a crowded group of people or things

• similar or parallel in certain ways

Cleave

• to annoy or disturb

• to move about stealthily, as though hunting or quietly searching

• having or consisting of similar parts throughout

• to split with a sharp instrument; to cling together

Derogatory

• a crowded group of people or things

• accidental; unintentional

• extremely troubled or agitated; worried

• belittling; disparaging

Analogous

• the use of a word that sounds like the action or object it denotes

• to make confusing or unclear; to bungle

• similar or parallel in certain ways

• belittling; disparaging

prowl

• to destroy so as to make level with the ground

• showing excessive self-esteem or vanity

• to move about stealthily; as though hunting or quietly searching

• to annoy or disturb; to agitate mentally; to worry

homogeneous

• to make confusing or unclear; to bungle

• having or consisting of similar parts throughout

• a crowded group of people or things

• showing excessive self-esteem or vanity

inadvertent

• extremely troubled or agitated; worried

• showing excessive self-esteem or vanity

• to annoy or disturb; to agitate mentally; to worry

• accidental; unintentional

Worthy of imitation; setting a good example

• stealthy

• homogeneous

• exemplary

• analogous

the use of a word that sounds like the action or object it denotes

• vex

• throng

• onomatopoeia

• cleave

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

pompous

• similar or parallel in certain ways

• to destroy so as to make level with the ground

• acting with silence, caution, and secrecy

• showing excessive self-esteem or vanity