8th Vocabulary unit 4

Annul

• to read thoroughly and carefully
• to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void
• showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
• serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Blasé

• full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water
• a high point of land extending into water
• to read thoroughly and carefully
• ndifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Bolster

• to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
• a person or thing of no importance
• to remove, drive out of a position or place
• a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Deplore

• to feel or express regret or disapproval
• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind
• serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
• elaborately decorated; showily splendid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Frivolous

• to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
• ndifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic
• to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include
• of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Muster

• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind
• elaborately decorated; showily splendid
• to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include
• full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Nonentity

• a high point of land extending into water
• to feel or express regret or disapproval
• a person or thing of no importance
• full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Obsess

• a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea
• ndifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic
• serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Ornate

• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind
• elaborately decorated; showily splendid
• a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
• to read thoroughly and carefully

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Oust

• a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
• a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
• showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
• to remove, drive out of a position or place

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D