Mr P Vocabulary 9

to designate or set aside for a special purpose

• arrant

• allocate

• stimulate

• estuary

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

a tersely stated truth or opinion

• trinket

• optimize

• aphoristic

• lieg

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

complete, absoulute, utter, whole

• gradgrind

• proponents

• liege

• arrant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

consisting of diverse construction, illusory, impossible to achieve

• deteriorate

• chimera

• penchant

• ravage

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to become impaired in function, quality and condition

• deteriorate

• aphoristic

• arrant

• ravage

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to lecture in the manner of a teacher, involving or characterized by moral instruction

• arrant

• didactic

• vituperate

• indigenous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

unhappy, dejected, downcast

• disconsolate

• optimize

• trinket

• aphoristic

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a passage of water where the river current meets the tide

• chimera

• hankering

• penchant

• estuary

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

something likely to cause objection, disapproval, and may be offensive or questionable

• ravage

• exceptionable

• gradgrind

• penchant

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a person who is obsessed with minutiae and formalities and pays close attention to details

• estuary

• proponents

• gradgrind

• trinket

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6