unit 3 vocabulary

(v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

• callow

• exhort

• inveigh

• ameliorate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

(n) poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity

• surmise

• aplomb

• bombastic

• stringent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

(adj) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

• drivel

• occult

• bombastic

• permeate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

(adj) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

• ex officio

• epitome

• ingratiate

• callow

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(n) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish; aimless talk or thinking; nonsense

• intrinsic

• lassitude

• millennium

• drivel

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(n) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

• epitome

• surmise

• precipitate

• aplomb

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

• interloper

• exhort

• ex officio

• permeate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(adj, adv) by virtue of holding a certain office

• ex officio

• infringe

• bombastic

• callow

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

• infringe

• ingratiate

• inveigh

• lassitude

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

(v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

• ameliorate

• exhort

• stringent

• ingratiate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C