chapter 12 grade 8 vocab

what does bestow mean?

• able to hold much

• to nullify

• vitally important

• to give as a gift

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

what does abdicate mean?

• beggar

• to make sick

• to resign or formally give up an office or a duty

• a lack of seriousness or earnestness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

what does capacious mean?

• able to burn or eat away by chemical action

• able to hold much

• a false notion or belief

• a strong movement to advance a cause or idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

what does caustic mean?

• able to burn or eat away by chemical action

• an opinion or belief

• easily managed, easy to deal with

• clumsy, awkward, unwieldly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

what does crusade mean?

• to injure or destroy

• a false notion or belief

• a strong movement to advance a cause or idea

• vitally important, essential

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match The Word With Its Definition: Deface

• To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of

• To give as a gift

• To renounce or give up

• To keep or take care of something

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

what does embargo mean?

• an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods

• one who recieves, recieving

• to make sick to the stomach

• to nullify

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

what does fallacy mean?

• vitally important

• one who receives

• an action designed to confuse or mislead

• a false notion or belief

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

what does levity mean?

• levatating

• to leave someone or something

• a lack of seriousness or earnestness

• to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

voracious means not hungry or needing anything

• true

• false

Answer explanation

voracious means having a huge appetite

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4