6th Vocabulary

Besiege

• to force, compel
• abandon
• to cause worry or trouble
• to push on to some goal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Compress

• abandon
• come to grips with
• a very wise person
• to reduce in size or volume

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Denounce

• profitable
• a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
• a rapid, large-scale outpouring of something
• to accuse formally

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Dispatch

• an official message
• an intolerant, prejudiced, or biased person
• a field of knowledge
• uninteresting, dull

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Douse

• to rise or swell like a wave
• a very wise person
• to drench
• to become more distant

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Expressly

• selected but not install
• to push on to some goal
• for a particular purpose
• to cause worry or trouble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Forsake

• abandon
• to represent or show in the form of a picture
• showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness
• staying power

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Gainful

• staying power
• uninteresting, dull
• to force, compel
• profitable

Inept

• totally without skill or appropriateness
• an official message
• a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
• someone or something that is extremely puzzling

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Ingenious

• a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made
• to represent or show in the form of a picture
• showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness
• to annoy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C