Unit 4 Vocab Perry

Define abscond

• to run off and hide

• To stay in one place and avoid any movement.
• To leave quietly without any intention of returning.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

define anarchy

• a government with a king

• Anarchy is a political system that promotes totalitarianism.
• a lack of government and law; confusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

define daunt

• To encourage or support.
• to overcome with fear, intimidate

• To confuse or mislead.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

define disentangle

• To confuse or complicate.
• To gather or collect tightly.
• to free from tangles or complications

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

define inanimate

• Living and conscious beings.
• Objects that can move on their own.
• Not alive; without energy or spirit

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

define pliant

• bending readily, easily influenced

• Difficult to change or adapt; stubborn.
• Rigid and unyielding; inflexible.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

define pompous

• overly self-important in speech and manner

• Displaying a lack of confidence; timid.
• Excessively humble; self-effacing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

define precipice

• A type of weather phenomenon.
• A flat plain or level area.
• A steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

define rectify

• To correct or make right.
• To confuse or mislead.
• To ignore or overlook.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

define revile

• To praise or speak about in a complimentary manner.
• To ignore or overlook completely.
• to attack with words. call bad names

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4