9th Grade Core Vocab Quiz

tactful

• dried up, shriveled

• considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others

• apprentice, beginner

• shallow, lacking in depth

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

inveitable

• preferring to live in isolation

• careful and hard working

• to regard to scorn or contempt

• certain, unavoidable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

resilient

• quick to recover, bounce back

• certain, unavoidable

• thrifty, cheap

• tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

condescending

• the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute

• snobby, behaving toward other people in a way that shows you consider yourself superior

• considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others

• leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

subtle

• careful, cautious

• unusually advanced or talented at an early age

• hard to detect or describe, perceptive

• person who pursues pleasure as a goal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

disdain

• short, usually funny account of an event

• to imitate, follow an example

• to regard with scorn or contempt

• friendly and helpful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

spontaneity

• a person who complies with accepted rules and customs

• impulsive action, unplanned events

• rash, impulsive, acting without thinking

• hard to detect or describe, perceptive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

benevolent

• friendly and helpful

• impulsive action, unplanned events

• quick to recover, bounce back

• identification with the feelings of others

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

impetuous

• careful and hardworking

• unusually advanced or talented at an early age

• snobby, behaving toward other people in a way that shows you consider yourself superior

• rash, impulsive, acting without thinking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

empathy

• friendly and helpful

• identification with the feelings of others

• person who pursues pleasure as a goal

• quick to recover, bounce back

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4