Vocab Set 4.1

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.

• Amicable

• Acumen

• Cogent

• Vindicate

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Friendly and without anger or bad feelings, often used to describe relationships or agreements.

• Earnest

• Fraught

• Facetious

• Amicable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who spend a lot of time together.

• acumen

• tangential

• camaraderie

• aspersion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

• neophyte

• salient

• cavort

• pariah

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

After hours of negotiation and mounting pressure, the union finally ________ to the company’s demands to avoid a strike.

• extolled

• fettered

• capitulated

• unsullied

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

“You probably wouldn’t understand—it’s quite advanced,” he said with a _________ smirk, making her feel belittled and irritated.

• pretentious

• contrived

• melancholic

• condescending

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Shrunk or decreased slowly over time.

• vacuously

• cavorted

• dwindled

• relegate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Serious, sincere, and intense in intention or effort.

• gingerly

• earnest

• bombastic

• incontrovertible

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The elusive fox managed to _______ the hunters once again, darting through the underbrush and disappearing into the forest.

• elude

• substantiate

• enervate

• construe

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The hikers carefully made their way down the ________ mountain path, where a single misstep could send them tumbling down the sharp, rocky incline.

• extraneous

• inimical

• arduous

• precipitous