Part Two: The Sieve and the Sand

To become less intense, violent, or severe

• Subside

• Welter

• Suffused

• Quaver

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Balanced, rhythmic flow of poetry or oratory

• Cadenced

• Perfunctorily

• Verbiage

• Praetorian

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The act of yielding to a superior force or a stronger person

• Submission

• Quaver

• Contemptible

• Praetorian

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Drew the attention of; distracted or entertained

• Diverted

• Verbiage

• Harlequin

• Welter

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Gradually spread over or through

• Suffused

• Cadenced

• Praetorian

• Welter

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Belonging to the elite bodyguard of Roman emperors

• Praetorian

• Harlequin

• Perfunctorily

• Submission

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, with a harmful effect

• Insidious

• Perfunctorily

• Contemptible

• Verbiage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A clown, buffoon

• Harlequin

• Cadenced

• Diverted

• Subside

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Confusion, tossing and tumbling

• Welter

• Submission

• Diverted

• Insidious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Deserving to feel worthless or despicable

• Contemptible

• Filigree

• Paried

• Cadenced

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4