Wordly Wise 10

Abject

• Urgent or dire

• To remember in a solemn manner

• Most miserable; wretched

• Retaliation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Advocate

• An act of great cruelty

• A group that is superior to others

• To bring about or to inflict

• To plead in favor of; to defend

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Atrocity

• An act of great cruelty and wickedness

• a form of language spoken in a certain area

• To level to the ground

• Acting against what is right

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Commemorate

• Having terrible consequences

• To plead in favor of

• To serve as a memorial to

• To soften or tone down the sound of

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Dialect

• A form of language spoken in a certain area

• Most miserable; wretched

• A group that is superior to others

• To bring about or inflict

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Dire

• A state of confusion or agitation

• To soften or tone down the sound of

• Urgent or desperate

• To defend

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Elite

• A group that enjoys a superior status to others

• To plead in favor of

• A state of confusion or agitation

• To lose hope, strength, or vitality because of neglect or bad conditions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Enhance

• To bring about or inflict

• To level to the ground

• Clearly offensive or bad

• To make greater or better

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Flagrant

• To make greater or better

• To remember in a solemn manner

• Having terrible consequences

• Clearly offensive or bad

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Languish

• A state of confusion or agitation

• To destroy completely

• To lose hope, strength, or vitality because of neglect or bad conditions

• Having terrible consequences

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4