English I Semester 1 Vocabulary

an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action

• catalyst

• blatant

• inclusive

• denounce

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

of little weight or importance, lacking in seriousness

• macabre

• frivolous

• entity

• inclusive

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil

• impartial

• entity

• denounce

• blatant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It would not be very _________ if your teacher invited all the female students to her wedding and none of the male students.

The Halloween decorations were too _________ for children, so the party was for adults only.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

to make less severe or painful

• tantamount

• superfluous

• precept

• mitigate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

someone who expects the worst possible outcome

• precept

• query

• pessimistic

• mitigate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

having to do with questions or questioning

• mitigate

• tantamount

• superfluous

• query

a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action

• mitigate

• tantamount

• precept

• query

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

wasteful and unnecessary

• superfluous

• query

• pessimistic

• mitiagte