9th Grade Unit 2 English Vocabulary

Well-meaning and kindly; friendly mannered

• Benevolent

• Belittle

• Banish

• Beseech

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Support or strengthen; to prop or pull

• Belittle

• Banish

• Bolster

• Belligerent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Ask (someone) urgently to do something; beg or plead.

• Buffoon

• Beseech

• Beckon

• Banish

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Showing a casual and cheerful expression; happy or joyous.

• Belittle

• Benevolent

• Bolster

• Blithe

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A ridiculous or amusing person; clown or fool.

• Buffoon

• Beseech

• Blithe

• Bedlam

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Hostile and aggressive in expression; threatening

• Belligerent

• Benevolent

• Belittle

• Buffoon

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Make gestures with your hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come

• Banish

• Bedlam

• Beckon

• Bolster

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Send (someone) away from a country or place as official punishment

• Beckon

• Banish

• Bedlam

• Belittle

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Scene of uproar and confusion; total chaos

• Bolster

• Belittle

• Belligerent

• Bedlam

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Make (someone or something) seem unimportant

• Belittle

• Belligerent

• Benevolent

• Beckon

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F