Vocabulary 4

Custom

• a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

• willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

• special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

• forcibly put an end to.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Witness

• a person who takes part in something.

• a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

• sully, mar, or spoil.

• completely baffling; very puzzling.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Cruel

• special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

• forcibly put an end to.

• inducing cruelty, violence, or insensitivity to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence.

• willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Participant

• sully, mar, or spoil.

• completely baffling; very puzzling.

• a person who takes part in something.

• split apart.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Jargon

• forcibly put an end to.

• special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

• inducing cruelty, violence, or insensitivity to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence.

• a despicable or contemptible person, an unfortunate or unhappy person.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Defiled

• sully, mar, or spoil.

• a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

• an unfortunate or unhappy person.

• split apart.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Suppress

• inducing cruelty, violence, or insensitivity to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence.

• forcibly put an end to.

• a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

• willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Perplexing

• split apart.

• the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.

• a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

• completely baffling; very puzzling.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Brutalizing

• an unfortunate or unhappy person.

• inducing cruelty, violence, or insensitivity to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence.

• a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

• willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Sunder

• split apart.

• the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.

• a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

• a person who takes part in something.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C