Vocabulary 8-10

swanky

• stylishly luxurious and expensive

• without enthusiasm or energy

• all future generations of people

• express contempt for; ridicule

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

congenial

• the act of treating disrespectfully or irreverently

• strange or odd; unusual

• the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

• pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

peculiar

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• strange or odd; unusual

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

• express contempt for; ridicule

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

compulsion

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• without enthusiasm or energy

• the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation

• stylishly luxurious and expensive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

halfheartedly

• the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

• strange or odd; unusual

• without enthusiasm or energy

• express contempt for; ridicule

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

indisputably

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• all future generations of people

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

• the act of treating disrespectfully or irreverently

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

desecration

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• the act or treating disrespectfully or irreverently

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

• express contempt for; ridicule

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

posterity

• stylishly luxurious and expensive

• all future generations of people

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• without enthusiasm or energy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

lavish

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own

• without enthusiasm or energy

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

diaspora

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• strange or odd; unusual

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E