FCP Vocab 13a

Synonym: reached the nadir of my career

• rock bottom

• midpoint

• pinnacle

• crisis point

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Synonym: ignoring the desiccate plants

• dangerous

• shriveled

• waterlogged

• overgrown

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Synonym: the poet's preference for laconic writing

• pedantic and dull

• prolix and drawn out

• pity and concise

• pretentious & cultured

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Synonym: proved that the claims were mendacious

• ludicrous

• shocking

• dubious

• untruthful

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Synonym: the contrite child

• speechless

• fearful

• unrepentant

• rueful

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Synonym: an irreparable financial situation

• bewildering

• irremediable

• fixable

• embarrassing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Synonym: languish in captivity

• pine

• flourish

• live

• die

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Synonym: considered to be captious

• knowledgeable

• easygoing

• faultfinding

• stingy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Synonym: deigned to sit with our group

• intended

• condescended

• refused

• wanted

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

something that serves to guide or direct

• efficacy

• cynosure

• canard

• façade

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E