Vocab List #2 Am Lit

"Eu" means

• good

• bad

• untrue

• hidden, secret

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Saying someone "went to a better place" or "passed away" are examples of

• subordinate

• circumvent

• euphemism

• cacophony

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A eulogy is

• a mix of pleasant sounding letters

• a speech of praise at a funeral

• an indirect way of speaking

• harsh sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

To circumvent something means...

• to talk around a subject

• to speak unkindly about someone; slander

• to be compliant and "go along with things"

• to go around an obstacle or a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Circumambulate means...

• to talk around a subject

• to walk around or wander

• to be compliant and "go along with things"

• to go around an obstacle or a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Substantiate means

• to make dependent or less than something else

• to prove with evidence

• to be compliant, go along with

• pleasant sounding

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Carol Geiger crashed her car. This is an example of...

• Circumvent

• Cacophony

• Euphony

• Circumlocution

When I asked the toddler why she wrote on the wall with markers, she told me she had a new puppy, and it was brown and white with a red collar. This is an example of...

• Euphony

• Euphemism

• Cacophony

• Circumlocution

Saying someone was "let go" instead of fired is an example of a ___.

• euphemism
• malfeasance

• malign

• eulogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

We wandered silently along the seashore.

• Circumlocution

• Euphony

• Subordinate

• Cacophony

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A