Unit 8 English III defintions only

to entice by charm or attraction

• placate

• quibble

• plodding

• allure

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to sooth or mollify especially by concessions; to appease

• placate

• quibble

• amortize

• allay

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to destroy completely; to pull out by the root; to cut out by surgery

• ratify

• quibble

• extirpate

• foist

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

To pay off an obligation, such as a mortgage, to gradually reduce or write off the cost or value of something

• repudiate

• amortize

• foist

• ratify

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

to approve and sanction formally; to confirm

• foist

• allure

• quibble

• ratify

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to work laboriously and monotonously; to walk heavily or proceed slowly

• ratify

• repudiate

• plodding

• extirpate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

to evade the point of an argument

• placate

• mollify

• quibble

• allay

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

to refuse to accept; to reject as untrue or unjust, to refuse to acknowledge or pay

• repudiate

• ratify

• allure

• plodding

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CCSS.L.3.2F

to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity; to make quiet

• allay

• allure

• ratify

• extirpate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

to introduce or insert without warrant; to force another to accept; to pass off as genuine or worthy

• plodding

• foist

• quibble

• placate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C