Vocab 8 Quiz

to willfully violate or destroy a sacred place

• desecrate

• spendthrift

• avarice

• voracious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

one who spends money extravagantly

• avarice

• spendthrift

• voracious

• vindictive

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

very hungry; approaching an activity with gusto

• voracious

• vindictive

• cogent

• tirade

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

clear and persuasive

• cogent

• archaic

• assuage

• besiege

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to have a very strong desire for revenge

• vindictive

• besmirch

• champion

• convivial

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

reduce the quality or value of something

• debase

• degrade

• devolve

• dilapidated

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

try to gain favor by extreme flattery

• fawn

• enumerate

• fickle

• enmity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

liable to sudden unpredictable change, esp. in affections or attachments

• fickle

• fawn

• ingenuity

• incessant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

dull and uninteresting

• insipid

• lethargic

• malleable

• ingenuity

lacking energy

• lethargic

• insipid

• ingenuity

• malleable