Scifi War of the Worlds Vocab 1

To call together or collect

• Muster

• Edict

• Apathy

• Conscientious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a contradiction

• incongruity
• deter
• attenuated
• palpitating

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

conformity to accepted standards or conduct; proper behavior

• jingoism
• duplicity 
• ignominy 
• decorum

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word best fits the following definition: Easy and skilled in movement, usually in tasks completed with the hands.

• accolade

• benevolent

• dexterous

• plausible

Change over time is

• evolution
• generation
• growth
• biogenesis

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following means:

a complex structure within an organization or system?

• Procession

• Conflagration

• Antechamber

• Apparatus

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To increase speed, intensity, or rate.

• Apparatus

• Accelerate

• Muster

• Move

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Lacking the ability or strength to move

• Crucible

• Prostrate

• Dysentery

• Inert

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(verb) to approach or speak to someone in an angry or aggressive way

• accost

• encompass

• fallacy

• finesse

• toady

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

1. The costumer became quite ________________ when his order was messed up.

• bellicose

• belligerent

• rebellious

• antebellum

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4