PreCE-Intro Vocab

What does CLENCH mean?

• Squeeze together tightly

• Settle a contract

• Secure with a belt

• Startle or surprise

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does CRANNY mean?

• A small amount of food

• Associated with elderly women

• Bad-tempered or irritable

• A small opening

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does BULGE mean?

• Change in opinion

• Swell outwards

• Eat more than needed

• Make a duplicate copy of

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does ENDEAVOR mean?

• Make new discoveries

• Offer as a gift

• Attempt by making effort

• Forgive a debt

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does HUNCH mean?

• Rounding one's back by bending forward

• Wrinkle or crumple

• Appear as if by magic

• Proceed step by step

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does INHABIT mean?

• Prevent an action

• Live in

• Feel uncertain and anxious

• Expose the truth

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does SCAN mean?

• Flash with light

• Think about the past

• Examine intensely

• Look with eyes partly closed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

What does SCOWL mean?

• Clean by scrubbing

• A quick or casual look

• A large, loose hood

• Frown with displeasure

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does THRUST mean?

• Dance around crazily

• Get rid of

• Show great courage

• Push forcefully

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does TRUDGE mean?

• Be resentfully unwilling

• Walk heavily and firmly

• Follow closely

• Jump or dive into

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4