Unit 11 Vocabulary

an assumed name, especially as used to hide one's identity; otherwise called.

Synonyms: pseudonym

• alias

• amble

• burly

• distort

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

to walk slowly, stroll; an easy pace; a leisurely walk.

synonyms: saunter, ramble

• amble

• distort

• dumfounded

• dogged

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

big and strong.

synonyms: strapping, hefty, beefy

• burly

• grit

• amble

• extinct

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

to give a false or misleading account of; to twist out of shape.

synonyms: disfigure, misshape, falsify

• distort

• dumbfounded

• inevitable

• alias

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up.

synonyms: untiring

• dogged

• extinct

• inevitable

• grit

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

so amazed that one is unable to speak, bewildered.

synonyms: speechless, stunned, flabbergasted

• dumbfounded

• ingrained

• amble

• meteoric

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

no longer in existence; no longer active; gone out of use.

synonyms: died out, vanished

• extinct

• parody

• alias

• inevitable

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

very fine sand or gravel; courage in the face of hardship or danger; to grind; to make a grating sound.

synonyms: dirt, mettle

• grit

• parody

• distort

• prevail

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

sure to happen, unavoidable.

synonyms: inescapable, fated

• inevitable

• relic

• meteoric

• rend

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

fixed deeply and firmly; working into the grain or fiber; forming a part of the inmost being.

synonyms: deep-seated, entrenched, indelible

• ingrained

• parody

• alias

• rend

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E