Vocabulary List #5 2024-2025 Definitions

1. sharp, biting, or harsh in tone; often used to describe criticism or wit that is cutting or caustic.

• acerbic

• pejorative

• astute

• verisimilitude

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

1. based on random choice or person whim, rather than any reason or system

• arbitrary

• acerbic

• meticulous

• convoluted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

1. shrewd, clever

• astute

• replete

• buttress

• undermine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

to increase the strength of or justification for; to reinforce

• buttress

• incongrous

• arbitrary

• trepidation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

intricate, complex

• convoluted

• salient

• derivative

• replete

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

1. unoriginal; something that is based on or imitates another work, idea, or style rather than being new or inventive

• derivative

• discourse

• verisimilitude

• tenuous

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

1. conspicuously bad or offensive

• egregious

• arbitrary

• salient

• undermine

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

1. formal or serious discussion of a topic; the way ideas are expressed and communicated in speech or writing

• discourse

• hegemony

• astute

• meticulous

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

1. dominance or leadership of one group, culture, or ideology over others, especially through influence rather than direct force

• hegemony

• pejorative

• arbitrary

• tenuous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

1. to show or suggest that someone is involved in a crime, wrongdoing, or a situation; to indicate a connection or responsibility

• implicate

• replete

• undermine

• tenuous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C