The Looking Glass Wars Vocabulary Part One

To one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry.

• Murmured

• Oblivious

• Askew

• Trifling

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The quality or state of being atrocious (wicked, cruel, or brutal).

• Menace

• Atrocities

• Tentative

• Consolation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow; very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable;

pitiable.

• Excavate

• Formidable

• Distorting

• Wretched

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful.

• Vindictive

• Ingenuity

• Jubilant

• Cumbersomely

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell, by or as by magic.

• Ingenuity

• Murmured

• Conjured

• Consolation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The act of consoling; to lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of.

• Wretched

• Consolation

• Excavate

• Feat

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Of little importance; insignificant; of small value; shallow or frivolous.

• Trifling

• Distorting

• Tentative

• Atrocities

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Unwieldy; clumsy; burdensome; troublesome

• Menace

• Formidable

• Embedding

• Cumbersomely

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Serving to divert (to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect).

• Embedding

• Diverting

• Feat

• Vindictive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A noteworthy or extraordinary act of achievement, displaying boldness or skill.

• Excavate

• Intrigue

• Feat

• Jubliant

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4