Vocab Unit 9

adj. suitable, fitting, likely, quick to learn

syn: appropriate, fit

slow

• defile

• fend

• apt

• dire

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CCSS.L.3.2F

n. a short club used as a weapon, v. tos trike with a heavy club, to use force to gain some points

syn: cudgel, clobber, clout

• awry

• bludgeon

• encroach

• endow

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

adj. dreadful, causing fear or suffering, warning of trouble to come, demanding action to avoid disaster

syn: disastrous, omnious

ant: favorable, beneficial

• chafe

• encroach

• dire

• fend

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CCSS.L.3.2F

adj. charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

• chafe

• apt

• disarming

• dire

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

n. air, manner, appearance, expression

syn: look, bearing

• awry

• mien

• penal

• apt

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

n. something wonderful or marvelous, an unusual feat, a child or young person with extrordinary talent

syn: marvel, wonder

ant: dumbbell, dunce

• renown

• prodigy

• penal

• encroach

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

adj. related to the matter at hand, to the point

syn: germane, apropos

ant: unrelated, irrelevant

• defile

• dire

• pertinent

• recluse

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

n. fame, glory

syn: reputation, celebrity

ant:obscurity, infamy

• disarming

• renown

• penal

• awry

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

n. freedom from punishment

syn: exemption from penalty, immunity

• chafe

• penal

• impunity

• disarming

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

n. a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

syn: hermit

• pertinent

• recluse

• impunity

• capitulate

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C