The Pit and the Pendulum Vocabulary

Definition: to break apart or in two using violence

• Sunder

• Indeterminate

• Apprehend

• Precipitate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: Not fixed or known in advance

• Lucid

• Indeterminate

• Lurid

• Sunder

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: to bring about abruptly.

• Sunder

• Apprehend

• Precipitate

• Aperture

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: transparently clear, easily understood

• Precipitate

• Lurid

• Lucid

• Sunder

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: having superior power and influence

• Predominant

• Precipitate

• Indeterminate

• Frivolous

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: a natural opening in something

• Apprehend

• Sunder

• Aperture

• Delirium

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Definition: vivid and graphic

• Frivilous

• Lurid

• Lucid

• Indeterminate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: to anticipate with dread or anxiety.

• Apprehend

• Sunder

• Precipitate

• Delirium

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: not serious in content or attitude.

• Lurid

• Lucid

• Frivolous

• Delirium

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: a usually brief state of excitement/confusion

• Delirium

• Aperture

• Frivolous

• Lurid

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4