FINAL VOCAB Test (Commonly Confused Words 1, 2, 3)

antidote

• something that prevents or counteracts (usually against a poison)
• a piece of firm cloth backed or framed and used for painting
• to examine something in detail
• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness
• to fake or pretend something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

canvass

• to examine something in detail
• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness
• to fake or pretend something
• to express indirectly, to talk around something
• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

faint

• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness
• to fake or pretend something
• to express indirectly, to talk around something
• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion
• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

infer

• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion
• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it
• to express admiration, affection, or respect to person/thing
• 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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

complement

• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it
• to express admiration, affection, or respect to person/thing
• 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)

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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
• a short story of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C