8th Grade - Vocabulary Lesson 4

one who has excess devotion to and enthusiasm for a cause or idea

• legacy

• fanatic

• solicitude

• waif

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

having a hidden or secret meaning

• haphazard

• bedraggled

• perceptive

• cryptic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

1. to brighten with light

2. to make clear; to rid of confusion

• solicitude

• maim

• illuminate

• acclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

to reject as untrue

• legacy

• taint

• repudiate

• acclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

1. to flow or fall back, as the tide

2. a period of decline

• ebb

• illuminate

• maim

• repudiate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a homeless person, especially an orphaned child

• legacy

• trepidation

• fanatic

• waif

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

1. to approve or praise loudly

2. enthusiastic approval

• haphazard

• acclaim

• perceptive

• trepidation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

wet and filthy, as though having been dragged through mud

• bedraggled

• haphazard

• cryptic

• perceptive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to disable or disfigure

• illuminate

• acclaim

• taint

• maim

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to corrupt or ruin by contaminating

• maim

• taint

• repudiate

• acclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F