College Writing Vocab Review Game

ABRIDGE

• shorten a piece of writing without losing the sense

• make something clear; explain

• curtail (a right or privilege)

• to give notice to someone

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Last night's NCAA men's championship game ended with a _______ point win for the Kansas Jayhawks.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

BINARY

• appearing or occuring for the first time

• not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating

• consisting of two parts or components

• showing good judgement

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

elucidate

• to interpret something wrongly

• make something clear; explain

• describe something precisely

• to take or use something without the right to do so

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Show you understand the meaning of the verb MISCONSTRUE by creating a drawing in the classroom setting.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

mitigate

• to make less severe, serious, or painful

• lessen the gravity of an offense or mistake

• to give notice to someone; to inform someone about something

• to motivate someone (or a group) into a highly productive activity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

• to interpret something wrongly

• to stimulate or move to action

• to indicate a border or boundary

• to make less severe, serious, or painful

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

From the list below, the toughest vocab word for me to remember is _______________.

• disingenuous

• superfluous

• nefarious

• elucidate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

apprise

• to describe or portray something precisely

• short sighted; lack of perspective in thinking or planning

• to inform someone about something

• to intentionally complicate something

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

Which vocab word is an adjective meaning "not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating"?

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CCSS.L.3.2F