The Long Way Down vocabulary pages 1-146

adjust (page 78)

ad·just verb

• to be angry when something is not just

• I don't know yet.

• to do something that you don't want to do

• to change something in a minor way for improvement

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

veil ( page 88)

veil noun

• a small garden creature known for attacking the fruit of plants

• a cloth covering, especially one worn by women over the head and shoulders as a covering for the face, that hides or obscures what a person sees

• something that a person does when confronted with the choice between good and bad

• I'm not sure yet.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

vertebra (page 91)

ver·te·bra noun

• A vertebra is a type of bony fish.

• A vertebra is a type of prehistoric skull.

• A vertebra is a type of cloud.
• A vertebra is a bone or segment of the backbone

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

stance (page 101)

stance noun

• a way of standing

• the act of moving slowly

• adverb
• when you stop dancing

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

wince (page 111)

wince verb

• smile
• past tense for won

• to grimace because of pain or disgust

• a prince who has not won the king's crown

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

obvious (page 111)

ob·vi·ous adjective

• difficult to perceive
• confusing to the mind
• hard to understand
• easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

clarify (page 120)

clar·i·fy verb

• To make ambiguous and vague
• To make clear and more comprehensible
• To make complicated and confusing
• To make unclear and less comprehensible

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

grand (114)

grand adjective

• small and unimpressive
• large and impressive
• tiny and insignificant
• medium and ordinary

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

absolute (page 6)

ab·so·lute adjective

• partially complete and diminished
• completely diminished
• mostly complete but diminished
• utterly complete and total; not diminished in any way

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

especially (page 19)

es·pe·cial·ly adverb

• exactly or precisely
• specifically or particularly
• vaguely or loosely
• generally or broadly

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4