Speak - Marking Period 3 Vocabulary

"They were ______________ by the carbon monoxide fumes."

• tenured

• exiled

• asphyxiated

• penetrated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

"I had recently been ________ and then promoted to full professor."

• tenured

• exiled

• asphyxiated

• penetrated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

• tenure

• exile

• asphyxiate

• penetrate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Succeed in forcing a way into or through (a thing).

• tenure

• exile

• asphyxiate

• penetrate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

the crisp, white-fleshed, edible tuber of a Central American climbing plant of the pea family ( Pachyrhizus erosus, family Leguminosae ), cultivated since pre-Columbian times and used especially in Mexican cooking.

• conundrum

• infestation

• misdemeanor

• jicama

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

"One of the most difficult __________ is finding effective immigration policies."

• conundrums

• infestations

• misdemeanors

• marsupials

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The __________of  head lice is widespread through the schools. "

• conundrum

• infestation

• misdemeanor

• marsupial

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

A minor wrongdoing.

• conundrum

• infestation

• misdemeanor

• marsupial

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. Marsupials are found mainly in Australia and New Guinea, although three families, including the opossums, live in America.

• conundrums

• vespiary

• jicama

• marsupials

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

A hornets' or wasps’ nest.

• conundrums

• vespiary

• jicama

• marsupials

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6