Improving Vocabulary

Malign

• to praise
• to recognize
• to speak ill of
• to inform

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Inclination

• a tendency
• a reason
• a fate
• a benefit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Engross

• to disgust
• to hold the interest of
• to bore
• to end

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Succinct

• wordy
• prejudiced
• brief and clear
• one-sided

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Altruistic

• cheerful
• greedy
• slow
• unselfish

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Venture

• to dare
• to remember
• to imagine
• to think about

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Attribute

• a tendency
• a defect
• a characteristic
• a puzzle

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Nominal

• enormous
• helpful
• imaginary 
• very little

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Implausible

• unbelievable
• acceptable
• valuable
• complicated

Garble

• to read
• to lose
• to think up
• to jumble

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E