VCB H6

Abortive ​ (a)  

• Failing to accomplish; partially developed
• to spread news or reports
• a short saying or statement
• attacking or seeking to overthrow a popular belief

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

bruit ​ (a)  

• to spread news or reports
• to settle comfortably in place
• insolent or rude speech
• a short saying
• lacking skill or dexterity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

contumelious ​ (a)  

• insolent or rude speech
• knowledge or future events
• forshadowing events
• mutually destructive
• to weaken or debase

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

dictum​ (a)  

• a short saying
• to weaken or debase
• fond of jokes; playful
• to change pitch
• in the middle of things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

ensconce​ (a)  

• firmly in a position
• to attack popular beliefs
• causing psychological dammage
• a test of worth
• conducive to health

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

in medias res​ (a)  

• into the middle of things
• lacking dexterity
• to vary the pitch
• healthy
• mutually destructive

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

iconoclastic ​ (a)  

• attacking traditional beliefs
• to weaken or debase
• a short saying
• unrestrained licentiousness
• a means of testing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

internecine ​ (a)  

• mutually destructive
• lacking skill
• excessively sentimental
• knowledge of the future
• substantial psychological damage

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

maladroit​ (a)  

• lacking skill or dexterity
• in the middle of things
• testing worthness
• given in exchance for something else
• a short saying

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

maudlin ​ (a)  

• excessivley sentimental
• to weaking or debase
• fond of jokes and humor
• firmly in place
• a short saying

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E