Unit 2 Vocabulary: Free Speech and Social Media

to reduce or lessen in scope

• concede

• discern

• abridge

• argue

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

to right a wrong

• redress

• abridge

• discern

• fix

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

to claim; to state as the truth

• dissent

• contend

• lie

• concur

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

To have the same opinion as someone

• argue

• concede

• abridge

• concur

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

to see, recognize, or understand something that is not clear

• discern

• abridge

• focus

• concur

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

to forbid or make illegal

• control

• contend

• prohibit

• precedent

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

a past decision that can be used to guide future decisions

• infringe

• precedent

• intuition

• president

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

to violate someone’s freedom or rights

• abridge

• redress

• illegal

• infringe

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

to hold or express an opinion different from that of the majority

• discern

• minority

• dissent

• concur

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to form or establish

• make

• club

• constitute

• prohibit

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E