Vocabulary

to set free away from guilt or obligation

• abduct

• abstain

• absolve

• absurd

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to relieve, make more bearable

• alleviate

• bellicose

• droll

• alacrity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Having or showing very different feelings (such as love and hate) about someone or something at the same time

• ambivalent
• ambiguous
• amphibious
• ambidextrous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

having a feeling of ill-will; bitter hostility

• plethora
• enhance
• animosity
• cursory

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as things,propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any otherpossibility

• explicit

• alternative

• attribute

• excerpt

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

capable of being done, effected, or accomplished

• feign

• obscure

• pacify

• feasible

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means ofthe senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding

• niche

• perception

• alternative

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect

• exacerbate

• analyze

• mortify

• falter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm

• pacify

• obscure

• analyze

• falter

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in planand arched, as for a statue or other decorative object

• feign

• niche

• obsolete

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4