HOT WORDS VOCABULARY 9 th GRADE LESSON 8 1 Cryptic adj secret having a hidden meaning FBI agents asked a university expert to try to decode the cryptic ransom demand 2 cursory adj hastily done without attention to details ID: 768900
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HOT WORDS VOCABULARY 9 th GRADE LESSON 8
1. Cryptic ( adj) – secret; having a hidden meaning F.B.I. agents asked a university expert to try to decode the cryptic ransom demand.
2 . cursory (adj.) hastily done; without attention to details. It requires more than cursory attention for me to comprehend modern poetry.
3. dearth (adj.) shortage. Prices for the Cal Ripkin Jr. baseball cards have skyrocketed because there is a dearth of them.
4. debilitate (v.) to weaken. The cruel jailer starved his prisoners in order to debilitate them.
5. decadence (n.) decay; decline. Many sermons tend to focus on moral decadence in our time.
In a gesture of deference the French athletes rose for our national anthem. 6. deference (n.) great respect.
7. deflate (v.) to let the air out of; to reduce in size or importance.- The vandals planned to deflate each of the balloons in the Macy’s parade. This is literally ALL there is on the word “deflate”
8. delineate (v.) to describe in words; to sketch . As the kindergarten teacher began to delineate Alexa’s performance, the little girls parents lost their composure.
9. demeanor (n.) behavior. Until your crass demeanor is reformed, you will always be in trouble.
10. denunciation (n.) expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly. We were astonished by the tobacco heir’s denunciation of smoking.