Vocab List

cryptic

• known about or understood by very few people

• having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.

• barely sufficient in amount or basis.

• to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Heed:

• A new term created from an existing word in order to distinguish the original referent of the existing word from a later one that is a product of progress or technological development.

• of something abstract) barely sufficient in amount or basis.

  (of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin.

• a state of being aware

• to greatly desire something you lack

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Esoteric

• having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.

• to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.

• known about or understood by very few people

• educe to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Retronym

• to greatly desire something you lack

• known about or understood by very few people

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• A new term created from an existing word in order to distinguish the original referent of the existing word from a later one that is a product of progress or technological development.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Covet

• to greatly desire something you lack

• known about or understood by very few people

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.

  a simple cooking device consisting of a container of live coals covered by a grill or thin metal top upon which the food, usually meat, is placed.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Alliteration

• A new term created from an existing word in order to distinguish the original referent of the existing word from a later one that is a product of progress or technological development.

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.

• Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Slender

• a state of being aware

• to greatly desire something you lack

• of something abstract) barely sufficient in amount or basis.

  (of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin.

• Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Bleat

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• -to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.

• Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.

• a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.

  a simple cooking device consisting of a container of live coals covered by a grill or thin metal top upon which the food, usually meat, is placed.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Bray

• a state of being aware

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.

• Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Brazier

• Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.

  
  

  the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.

  a simple cooking device consisting of a container of live coals covered by a grill or thin metal top upon which the food, usually meat, is placed.

• A new term created from an existing word in order to distinguish the original referent of the existing word from a later one that is a product of progress or technological development.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4