Unit 1 Vocabulary Coming of Age

polite or respectful

• civil

• innocence

• futile

• contrite

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

aware of something or of one’s surroundings

• conscious

• tenuous

• idealism

• defiance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

feeling or expressing guilt, regret, or remorse

• contrite

• civil

• hierarchy

• defiance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

disobedience or resistance to someone else’s wishes

• defiance

• innocence

• futile

• tenuous

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

pointless; unable to produce any useful result

• futile

• conscious

• idealism

• contrite

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

a system of ranking groups of people one above the other

• hierarchy

• tenuous

• civil

• futile

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

extreme hopefulness or belief in something, especially when it’s unrealistic

• idealism

• hierarchy

• defiance

• contrite

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

lack of worldly experience; lack of guilt or evil intention

• innocence

• conscious

• futile

• tenuous

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

very weak; not substantial

• tenuous

• idealism

• hierarchy

• contrite

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4