Vocabulary Workshop Unit 15

(adj.) Full of melancholy yearning or longing, sad

• wholesome

• wistful

• uncouth

• sham

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

(n.) A small hole made by a sharp object

(v.) To make such a hole, pierce

• puncture

• retaliate

• underscore

• prosecute

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

(n.) A long narrative poem (or other literary composition) about the deeds of heroes; an event or movement of great sweep

(adj.) On a grand scale, vast

• pessimist

• beacon

• encounter

• epic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(n.) A light or other signal that warns and guides; a lighthouse; anything that guides or inspires

• beacon

• pantomime

• precaution

• data

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

(n.) Information; facts

• sham

• celestial

• epic

• data

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(adj., adv.) Violently and destructively enraged

• chasten

• encounter

• berserk

• prosecute

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

(n.) A play or story performed without words by actors using only gestures

(v.) To express in this way

• pantomime

• confiscate

• celestial

• retaliate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

(adj.) Healthy; morally and socially sound and good; helping to bring about or preserve good health

• celestial

• sham

• wholesome

• pessimist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

(v.) To get revenge; to strike back for an injury

• retaliate

• underscore

• detract

• prosecute

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

(adj.) Having to do with the sky or heavens; heavenly; yielding great bliss or happiness

• chasten

• celestial

• precaution

• encounter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A