Vocabulary Unit 9

Not direct or straightforward

• CONVOLUTED

• TORTUOUS

• RETORT

• EXTORT

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

To respond critically or sarcastically

• DEFLECT

• VOLUBLE

• REVERT

• RETORT

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

To wrongly or illegally force someone to comply with a demand

• EXTORT

• INFLEXIBLE

• DEFLECT

• INFLECTION

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech

• VOLUBLE

• CONVOLUTED

• TORTUOUS

• EVOLVE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Having too many twists and turns; overly complicated

• REVERT

• SUBVERT

• CONVOLUTED

• INFLEXIBLE

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

To unfold; to develop or change gradually

• DEFLECT

• INFLECTION

• INFLEXIBLE

• EVOLVE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

harmful

• EXTORT

• ADVERSE

• VOLUBLE

• CONVOLUTED

 Too unchangeable in character or purpose

• INFLEXIBLE

• RETORT

• DEFLECT

• INFLECTION

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

 To cause to turn aside or away

• EVOLVE

• INFLECTION

• INFLEXIBLE

• DEFLECT

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

To fall back into an old condition

• REVERT

• DEFLECT

• SUBVERT

• ADVERSE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C