Final Exam Vocabulary Review Part 1

Excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury; low moral standards. 

• Decadence

• Innuendo

• Epitome

• Proclivity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Lacking significance or meaning as a result of overuse

• Hackneyed

• Petulant

• Jaded

• Intrinsic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A remark that suggests something, but does not refer to it directly 

• Innuendo

• Decadence

• Epitome

• Proclivity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To go farther, rise above, be more important or better than something 

• Transcend

• ameliorate

• permeate

• commiserate

Easily annoyed and complaining in a rude or childish way

• Petulant

• Hackneyed

• Jaded

• Intrinsic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Not having interest or losing interest because you have experienced something too many times 

• Jaded

• Hackneyed

• Petulant

• Circuitous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A person or thing that is the perfect example of a particular quality or type

• Epitome

• Innuendo

• Decadence

• Proclivity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To make a bad or unpleasant situation better

• Ameliorate

• Transcend

• Commiserate

• Extricate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

To spread through something and be present in every part of it 

• Permeate

• Ameliorate

• Extricate

• Transcend

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Belonging naturally; essential

• Intrinsic

• Vitriolic

• Circuitous

• Tenuous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4