Vocabulary II

Guileless sheep

• honest, not able to deceive

• to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage

• to make someone do or believe something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Menial tasks

• work that is boring, makes you feel tired, and is given a low social value:

• trying to control other people without thinking about their feelings:

• to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage

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

An avid reader

• extremely eager or interested:

• needing little skill or education:

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

precipitous mountain

• very steep, or falling a long way very fast

• having little depth

• having a continuous horizontal surface

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Ire

• intense and usually openly displayed anger

• : to appease the desires of

• pleased with your situation and not hoping for change or improvement:

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

José María Cabral y Luna fue presidente de facto de la República Dominicana en 1865 hasta el establecimiento de un nuevo gobierno, tras conocerse el decreto firmado en marzo por la reina Isabel II de España, que reconocía la independencia de la República Dominicana.

• existing in fact, although perhaps not intended, legal, or accepted:

• having a right or existence as stated by law

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

ingrain

• to establish something such as a belief so firmly that it is not likely to change

• to forcefully take (something or someone) away

• to appease the desires of

• to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

unkempt

• : deficient in order or neatness

• : neatly kept

• : not made corrupt, impure, or unclean

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The bolster gives you a place to rest your legs.

• to support or improve something or make it stronger

• : a long pillow or cushion

• doing only what you want and often changing your behaviour in a way that is difficult to control

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The immigration topic has roiled the country for more than a year.

• to (cause to) move quickly in a twisting circular movement

• to cause something to stop working in the usual or expected way

• : free from agitation, excitement, or disturbance

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C