Groundwork for a Better Vocabulary

What does 'preconception' mean?

• An position formed before having enough information or experience

• To state positively, often without proof

• To escape or avoid through clever action

• To look like or be similar to; be like

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does it mean to "abolish" something?

• To create it

• To ignore it

• To get rid of it

• To find it

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To "promote" something means to:

• Hide it

• Support it

• Discourage it

• Forget it

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"Reform" means to:

• Destroy

• Make better

• Complicate

• Preserve

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If something is described as "vast", it is:

• Tiny

• Very big

• Red

• Cold

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

If someone is "corrupt", they are:

• Very honest

• Not honest

• Extremely kind

• Highly intelligent

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Nevertheless is similar in meaning to:

• Therefore

• Moreover

• In spite of that

• Because of that

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

A "tendency" is similar to a:

• Mistake

• Habit

• Surprise

• Calculation

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Abundant

• different

• plentiful

• reasonable

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Betray

• turn against

• give aid

• argue with

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4