Vocabulary

Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political entity, often a country or state

• secede

• next to or adjoining something else

• Grueling

• unchanging

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

To sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager

• federalism

• nimbleness

• whet

• obtuse

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

A system of government in which power is divided and shared between a central authority and smaller political units

• Neutrality

• Federalism

• Stalwart

• Anterior

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The triangular upper part of a wall, typically found at the end of a pitched roof, formed by the sloping sides of the roof meeting at a ridge

• Gable

• Stalwart

• Monolith

• Whet

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Not relevant or essential to the matter at hand; unrelated or unnecessary

• Neutrality

• Extraneous

• Unrequited

• Spurious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Strong and study; brave and valiant

• Stalwart

• Sustainable

• Modify

• Validate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To prove or declare valid

• Modify

• Spurious

• Validate

• Secede

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Differentiate

• being able to recognize what makes topics/objects different

• allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen

• most important, powerful, or influential

• measuring something in terms of number values

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A policy or ideology where a nation extends its power, control, or influence over other countries or territories

• Monolith

• Sustainable

• Federalism

• Imperialism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Relating to the back or upper side of an organism, structure, or part

• Anterior

• Dorsal

• Gable

• Monolith

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A