Vocabulary Builder #4 Practice

can be defeated; conquerable

• philodox
• bona fide
• vincible
• retort

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

body of victim in murder case; also all other physical evidence

• corpus delicti
• pellucid
• retort
• philodox

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

to change a punishment to one that is less severe

• verisimilitude
• commute
• vincible
• pellucid

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

genuine; without dishonesty, fraud, or deceit

• tripod
• verisimilitude
• commute
• bona fide

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

humorous misuse of words because of bad vocabulary; as in “Mozart was a child progeny”

• malapropism
• philodox
• pellucid
• corpus delicti

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

easy to understand; clear and simple in style; allowing light through

• retort
• commute
• tripod
• pellucid

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

to twist another’s words so as to insult them; to turn an insult back upon its source

• tripod
• commute
• retort
• malapropism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a base with three legs, often used for cameras

• bona fide
• tripod
• verisimilitude
• corpus delicti

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

plausibility; the appearance of being true or real

• malapropism
• commute
• vincible
• verisimilitude

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

one who loves the opinions he himself holds

• philodox
• bona fide
• corpus delicti
• malapropism

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E