WH Vocab Practice 1.9

inflation

• to confuse, to conflate

• to lose air and wither

• increase in prices and a fall in the value of money

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

clandestine

• secret

• a small orange like a tangerine

• a tight knit group

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

devalued

• to regress to an inappropriate conversational tone

• to reduce the value or lower the worth of something

• to increase the value or raise the worth of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

euphemism

• an expression used to avoid saying something inoffensive

• to be extremely joyful

• old fashioned

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

iniquities

• unfair behavior

• very loud, noisy

• a delicacy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

scarcity

• short supply, a lack

• a scar

• something really scary

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

hoard

• a chalk board with public announcements

• to collect or save up

• a bad hair style

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

imposed

• something important

• to strike a pose

• to force something upon someone

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C