Unit 13 ELA 1-2

What does tedious mean?

• Exciting and engaging due to variety.
• Short and straightforward without complexity.
• Boring and tiresome due to length or repetition.
• Pleasant and enjoyable experience.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does incontrovertible mean?

• Ambiguous or vague.
• Not capable of being disputed or disproved

• Unrelated or irrelevant.
• Uncertain or questionable.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What does incorrigible mean?

• Capable of being easily corrected.
• Always willing to change behavior.
• Able to learn from mistakes.
• Incapable of being corrected or reformed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does commiserate mean?

• To express sympathy or sorrow for someone's misfortune.
• To celebrate someone's achievements.
• To ignore someone's problems.
• To offer advice on how to improve a situation.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does vilify mean?

• To praise someone highly.
• To ignore someone's existence.
• To support someone's actions.
• To speak ill of or defame someone.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What does prolific mean?

• Creating minimal work
• Producing a lot of work or results.
• Being unproductive
• Focusing on quality over quantity

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does thwart mean?

• To encourage or promote.

• To support or assist.
• To ignore or overlook.
• To prevent or hinder.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What does pugnacious mean?

• Eager to fight or argue; combative.
• Peaceful and calm
• Friendly and sociable
• Indifferent and passive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does tentative mean?

• Final and unchangeable
• Not definite or

  permanent

• Certain and fixed
• Temporary and unreliable

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does incipient mean?

• Fully developed and established.
• Beginning to exist or develop.
• In a state of decline or decay.
• Randomly occurring without pattern.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4