la quiz 3-4

what does reticent mean

• Reserved or reluctant to speak
• Always cheerful and talkative
• Unwilling to listen
• Eager to share thoughts

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

what does travail mean

• To take a break from work.
• To engage in leisure activities.
• To work hard or engage in painful effort.
• To avoid any form of effort.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

what does opulence mean

• A state of poverty and lack of resources.
• A type of food that is very cheap.
• A form of exercise that promotes health.
• Opulence means great wealth or luxuriousness.

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

what does arduous mean

• Requires minimal effort and time.
• Involving a lot of effort and difficulty.
• Easy and simple to accomplish.
• A term used for something enjoyable.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

what does paltry mean

• Valuable and important; of high worth.
• Commonplace and ordinary; widely accepted.
• Insignificant or trivial; of little value.
• Excessive or extravagant; beyond reasonable limits.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

what does abduct mean

• To leave someone behind without notice.
• To take someone away legally with consent.
• To bring someone back home safely.
• To take someone away illegally by force or deception.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

what does tractable mean

• manageable or solvable
• irrelevant or unrelated
• complex and confusing
• unmanageable or impossible

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

what does obliterate mean

• To completely destroy or wipe out.
• To create or build something new.
• To partially damage or harm.
• To enhance or improve something.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

what does prodigious mean

• Lacking any significant impact or importance.
• Commonplace and ordinary.
• Remarkably great in extent, size, or degree.
• Unusually small in size or degree.

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CCSS.L.3.2F

what does haughty mean

• Haughty means humble and modest.
• Haughty refers to being friendly and approachable.
• Haughty means arrogantly superior and disdainful.
• Haughty describes someone who is always happy and cheerful.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4