Vocabulary 2/23

Term: Profligate

• Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

• Overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with

• Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

• Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Term: Penitent

• A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

• Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant

• Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

• Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Term: Trepidation

• Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

• A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

• Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

• Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the term "Vitiate" mean?

• Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

• Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of

• Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

• Not connected with religious or spiritual matters

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does the term "Capitulate" mean?

• Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

• Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

• Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

• Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does the term "Derisive" mean?

• Expressing contempt or ridicule

• Attractively lively and animated

• Express severe disapproval of someone or something, typically in a formal statement

• Having a large, bulky body; obese

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Define the term "Obdurate."

• Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

• Overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with

• Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

• Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define the term "Affectation."

• Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant

• A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

• Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

• Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define the term "Inundate."

• Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

• Overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with

• Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

• Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Term: Vivacious

• Expressing contempt or ridicule

• Having a large, bulky body; obese

• Attractively lively and animated

• Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6