Vocabulary: Unit 1

Definition: Stubborn; refusing to compromise or listen to others (adj.)

• Banal

• Invidious

• Germane

• Intransigent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Definition: Offensive, spiteful, causing hurt to others.

• Invidious

• Acquisitive

• Tenable

• Temporize

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Definition: Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection (adj.)

• Tenable

• Invidious

• Acquisitive

• Temporize

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: Relevant or appropriate to the subject at hand (adj.)

• Germane

• Banal

• Intransigent

• Invidious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Definition: To delay or avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time (verb)

• Temporize

• Acquisitive

• Tenable

• Intransigent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: Generosity; charity.

• Taciturn

• Temporize

• Largesse

• Reconnaissance

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Definition: Quiet, reserved, shy.

• Invidious

• Taciturn

• Temporize

• Reconnaissance

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Definition: To support with evidence; to prove; to justify.

• Temporize

• Invidious

• Reconnaissance

• Substantiate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: Survey to gather information.

• Reconnaissance

• Largesse

• Germane

• Substantiate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Definition: impossible to be satisfied or pleased.

• Coherent

• Intransigent

• Insatiable

• Invidious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C