100 Vocabulary Words

bigot

• narrow-minded, prejudiced person
• calmness
• outward behavior
• taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

counterfeit

• fake; false
• an edge or border
• a puzzle or mystery
• a slight or subtle degree of difference

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

abhor

• to hate
• to give in; submit or yield
• to improve
• to shame or insult; disgrace

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

kindle

• to arouse or inspire a feeling to start a fire
• to follow rules or customs
• to comfort
• late

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

nuance

• a slight or subtle degree of difference
• a shortage or lack of something
• an assumed name; another name
• a maze

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

placid

• calm, peaceful (usually describes person, animal, or place)
• helpful
• having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned
• to shame or insult; disgrace

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

plagiarism

• taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
• a puzzle or mystery
• extreme or irrational fear of something
• a maze

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

credible

• believable; reliable
• open resistance; bold disobedience
• peaceful or calm
• a slight or subtle degree of difference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

enhance

• to improve
• to forgive or overlook an offense
• to indicate
• to invalidate or cancel out

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

enigma

• a puzzle or mystery
• a shortage or lack of something
• an assumed name; another name
• calm, peaceful (usually describes person, animal, or place)

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E