The Pearl Vocabulary Chs 1-6

an excessive desire for wealth or gain, or for social value such as power or status

• mirage

• adoration

• collusion

• avarice

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

showing or expressing sorrow or sadness

• curtly

• plaintively

• deftly

• lethargy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

requiring great mental or physical exertion or energy

• strenuous

• brooding

• contemptuous

• tactful

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

following in time, order, or place

• perceptible

• benign

• judicious

• subsequent

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

quick and skillful in action

• plaintively

• recede

• deftly

• obscure

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

1. having a hidden/unknown meaning

2. to hide or keep secret or unknown

• obscure

• brooding

• clamber

• recede

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to gradually move back or away from

• clamber

• recede

• obscure

• brooding

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

something that comes from only the mind and is not real

• adoration

• avarice

• mirage

• residue

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them

• tactful

• deftly

• perceptible

• plaintively

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

able to be perceived by the five senses

• contemptuous

• perceptible

• judicious

• subsequent

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4