Vocab - Sadlier Level D - Units 1-3

Careful; cautious

• Circumspect

• To tread lightly

• Deadlock

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

Lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years

• Perennial

• Annual

• Muddle

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

• Efface

• Muddle

• Diffuse

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To let go; give up

• Disheartened

• Relinquished

• Spurious

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

To save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

• Unbridled

• Salvage

• Muddle

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

to bring to a standstill

• deadlock
• diffuse
• commandeer
• salvage

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

• Efface

• Spasmodic

• Spurious

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

During a severe earthquake even the sturdiest buildings may topple, sending  all kinds of _____ crashing to the ground.

• debris
• muddle
• breach
• dilemma

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Although the Vice President presides over the U.S. Senate, he or she has the right to cast what will be the deciding vote only in the case of a _____.

• brigand
• breach
• perennial
• deadlock

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

SYNONYM for debris

• rubble

• cleanliness

• neatness

• deadlock

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4