8th grade Vocabulary

Assimilate

• feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
• become like one's environment
• capable of being shaped or bent
• admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Concede

• expressing much in few words
• shut out from view
• admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
• make furious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Dissipate

• go away, scatter, or disappear
• beg or request earnestly and urgently
• make furious
• marked by casual disrespect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Erratic

• required by rule
• disposed to venture or take risks
• a relief from harm or discomfort
• liable to sudden unpredictable changes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Impulsive

• deeply or seriously thoughtful
• skillful at evading capture
• characterized by undue haste or lack of thought
• briefly giving the gist of something

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

Malleable

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
• submissive or subject to authority or control of another
• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
• capable of being shaped or bent

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Obstruct

• kind in disposition or manner
• shut out from view
• become like one's environment
• beg or request earnestly and urgently

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Rueful

• briefly giving the gist of something
• a relief from harm or discomfort
• feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
• expressing much in few words

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Subordinate

• submissive or subject to authority or control of another
• feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
• old and twisted
• admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Transgression

• become like one's environment
• admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
• make furious
• the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C