Module 2 HMH/Academic Vocabulary

a person who observed a crime or legal proceeding, who can provide firsthand information about it to testify in court about what they saw or heard

• witness

• presiding

• attempted

• restrain

the act of overseeing or leading a meeting, assembly, or legal proceeding (often a chairperson or judge)

• witness

• presiding

• attempted

• restrain

refers to the act of trying to do something, when the intended action is not fully completed or successful

• attempted

• restrain

• contempt

• presiding

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

to hold back, limit, or control someone or something

• attempted

• restrain

• contempt

• presiding

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RI.5.4

refers to a feeling of disdain or lack of respect for someone or something (to denote behavior that shows disrespect)

• contempt

• attempted

• restrain

• presiding

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

describes something that is difficult to understand, explain, or identify

• mysterious

• matted

• tendrils

• fastenings

refers to something that is tangled or entwined together, often in a dense, clumped state

• mysterious

• matted

• tendrils

• fastenings

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

slender, thread-like structures that can be found in plants (coil around support structures to help the plant climb or anchor itself)

• mysterious

• matted

• tendrils

• fastenings

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

refers to the act of securing or attaching two or more objects together

• fastenings

• awakening

• tendrils

• matted

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.6

refers to the act of waking up from sleep or becoming aware of something

• fastening

• awakening

• tendrils

• mysterious

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RL.5.4