Building an Enriched Vocabulary

tacit

• unspoken, implied or inferred

• habitually untalkative

• capable of being touched; real or concrete

• capable of being defended or maintained

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

taciturn

• habitually untalkative

• open to, or marked by, bribery or corruption

• refined, elegant, and sophisticated in manner or style

• perceptive and forceful; cutting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

tangible

• capable of being touched; real or concrete

• capable of being defended or maintained

• peaceful and quiet; free of mental agitation

• being or seeming to be everywhere

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

tenable

• capable of being defended or maintained

• unspoken; implied or inferred

• in the nature of an experiment or trial; uncertain

• so shocking as to produce a lasting psychological effect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

in the nature of an experiement or trial; uncertain

• tenative

• tranquil

• tacit

• tenable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to block or frustrate

• thwart

• trenchant

• usurp

• tacit

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

peaceful and quiet; free of mental agitation

• tranquil

• traumatic

• urbane

• trenchant

so shocking as to produce a lasting psychological effect

• traumatic

• ubiquitious

• turbulent

• venal

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

trenchant

• perceptive and forceful; cutting

• violently agitated or disturbed; restless or unruly

• being or seeming to be everywhere

• refined, elegant, and sophisticated in manner or style

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

turbulent

• violently agitated or disturbed; restless or unruly

• being or seeming to be everywhere

• perceptive and forceful; cutting

• unspoken; implied or inferred

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6