Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 5, All Words

The word VOLATILE

MOST NEARLY means:

• (adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

• (n.) A ghost or ghostlike image of a person

• (adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

• (v.) To crouch down in fear

• (adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The word AGHAST

MOST NEARLY means:

• (v.) To declare or state with force or confidence, to defend strongly

• (v.) To crouch down in fear

• (v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

• (adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

• (adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The word DISDAIN

MOST NEARLY means:

• (adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

• (n.) A ghost or ghostlike image of a person

• (adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

• (n.) A statement written on a gravestone in memory of a person who died

• (v.) To treat as beneath oneself with hatred, to treat with contempt

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The word INTRIGUE

MOST NEARLY means:

• (n.) A secret or underhanded scheme; (v.) To engage in secret or underhanded schemes, to plot; To arouse the interest or curiosity of

• (n.) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;

• (adj.) Of or relating to standards or morality

• (n.) Something that follows another; A continuation of a story

• (adj.) Of or relating to the lower class, common and vulgar

The word PRODIGAL

MOST NEARLY means:

• (v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

• (adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

• (n.) A person who is wastefully extravagant

• (n.) A commoner, a member of the lower class

• (n.) Nearness in space, time, or relationship; Closeness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The word PLEBEIAN

MOST NEARLY means:

• (v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

• (adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

• (adj.) Of or relating to the lower class, common and vulgar

• (n.) A secret or underhanded scheme

• (adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The word PULVERIZE

MOST NEARLY means:

• (adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

• (adj.) Unable to be heard; Too faint to make a sound

• (n.) A person who is wastefully extravagant

• (v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

• (adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The word JURISDICTION

MOST NEARLY means:

• (adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

• (v.) To treat as beneath oneself with hatred, to treat with contempt

• (v.) To crouch down in fear

• (adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

• (n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The word INAUDIBLE

MOST NEARLY means:

• (adj.) Unable to be heard; Too faint to make a sound

• (v.) To engage in secret or underhanded schemes, to plot; To arouse the interest or curiosity of

• (adj.) Wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property

• (v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

• (adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The word EPITAPH

MOST NEARLY means:

• (n.) A secret or underhanded scheme

• (adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

• (v.) To declare or state with force or confidence, to defend strongly

• (n.) A statement written on a gravestone in memory of a person who died

• (adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C