English 3 Unit 1 Vocab

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

• meritorious

• assuage

• approbation

• decadence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard

• Jaded

• Hiatus

• Intercede

• unctuous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence

• provincial

• hackneyed

• umbrage

• lurid

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Decline, decay or deterioration; excessive self-indulgence

• transcend

• simulate

• decadence

• petulant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To attempt to dissuade someone from some course/ decision with earnest reasoning

• Coalition

• Expostulate

• Jaded

• Elicit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Wearied, worn out, dulled

• jaded

• hackneyed

• meritorious

• intercede

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

• petulant

• elicit

• approbation

• simulate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

• lurid

• coalition

• transcend

• umbrage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow

• hiatus

• prerogative

• intercede

• lurid

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often derogatory)

• innuendo

• unctuous

• decadence

• elicit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C