Commonly Confused Words #2

optimistic

• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future
• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future
• a hard, thickened area on skin or bark (calluses on feet or hands)
• being emotionally or psychologically hardened, feeling little or no emotion
• a type of ape, very large and often black in color

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

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pessimistic

• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future
• a hard, thickened area on skin or bark (calluses on feet or hands)
• being emotionally or psychologically hardened, feeling little or no emotion
• a type of ape, very large and often black in color
• a member of a small, indpendent group taking part in irregular fighting

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

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callus

• a hard, thickened area on skin or bark (calluses on feet or hands)
• being emotionally or psychologically hardened, feeling little or no emotion
• a type of ape, very large and often black in color
• a member of a small, indpendent group taking part in irregular fighting
• a person who shows great courage and stands up for what is right

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

callous

• being emotionally or psychologically hardened, feeling little or no emotion
• a type of ape, very large and often black in color
• a member of a small, indpendent group taking part in irregular fighting
• a person who shows great courage and stands up for what is right
• the main character in a story

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

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gorilla

• a type of ape, very large and often black in color
• a member of a small, indpendent group taking part in irregular fighting
• a person who shows great courage and stands up for what is right
• the main character in a story
• bringing an end to something by brekaing it down or disrupting it

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

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guerilla

• a member of a small, indpendent group taking part in irregular fighting
• a person who shows great courage and stands up for what is right
• the main character in a story
• bringing an end to something by brekaing it down or disrupting it
• disappointment resulting from learning that something is not as good as you thought it would be

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

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hero

• a person who shows great courage and stands up for what is right
• the main character in a story
• bringing an end to something by brekaing it down or disrupting it
• disappointment resulting from learning that something is not as good as you thought it would be
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

protagonist

• the main character in a story
• bringing an end to something by brekaing it down or disrupting it
• disappointment resulting from learning that something is not as good as you thought it would be
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future
• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future

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dissolution

• bringing an end to something by brekaing it down or disrupting it
• disappointment resulting from learning that something is not as good as you thought it would be
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future
• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future
• a hard, thickened area on skin or bark (calluses on feet or hands)

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

disillusion

• disappointment resulting from learning that something is not as good as you thought it would be
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future
• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future
• a hard, thickened area on skin or bark (calluses on feet or hands)
• being emotionally or psychologically hardened, feeling little or no emotion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4