PowerPlus Vocabulary level seven lesson 17

a strong desire

• yen
• wan
• duress
• feint
• crux

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

deserving reprimand; blameworthy

• trivial
• askew
• reprehensible
• doleful
• brazen

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

enthusiastic enjoyment; delight

• candor
• valor
• oration
• gusto
• tact

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

turned or twisted to one side

• listless
• askew
• dynamic
• frail
• taut

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

to purchase with the expectation of making a profit

• deploy
• vie
• construe
• speculate
• ascend

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

tending to deceive; misleading

• vigorous
• irate
• deceptive
• unabated
• brash

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

excessively proud of oneself; conceited

• conspicuous
• innate
• vain
• brash
• moot

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to make easier

• assail
• facilitate
• saturate
• disperse
• exploit

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

an idea or statement upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn; a belief

• premise
• quibble
• constraint
• pretext
• duress

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to deal with; to endure difficulties successfully

• impugn
• succumb
• undermine
• cope
• dupe

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4