The Refusal Vocabulary

Define the word: desolate

• unusually or abnormally good

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Define the word: exceptional

• unusually or abnormally good

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define the word: petition

• directly stated

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define the word: explicitly

• directly stated

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define the word: rigid

• directly stated

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which vocabulary word fits in the following sentence? We saw a few tufts of grass, but for the most part the land was bare and totally __________.

• Exceptional

• Desolate

• Rigid

• Explicitly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which vocabulary word fits in the following sentence? The deer was ________ with fear when the truck headlights caught it in the street.

• Exceptional

• Desolate

• Rigid

• Explicitly

Which vocabulary word fits in the following sentence? They were _________ told not to venture outside the campsite.

• Exceptional

• Desolate

• Rigid

• Explicitly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E