Common Core alignment to "Reading: Literature and Subject-related Content" is to 3 key phrases: "Particular Topic", "Context" and "Reading Literature". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
Particular Topic: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 4.6. 5.6, 6.6, 7.6, 8.6, 9-10.6, 11-12.6
Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
Reading: Literature: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RL.2.4, RL.3.4, RL.4.4. RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.4
Reading: Informational Text: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RI.2.4, RI.3.4, RI.4.4. RI.5.4, RI.6.4, RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4, RI.11-12.4
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This vocabulary word list with definitions for Anna Karenina is arranged alphabetically.
Anna Karenina vocabulary words 1-20 alleviate: to lessen something
adroit: skillful
apathy: without interest or enthusiasm
appurtenances: things more important than others
assiduity: genuine effort
astrakhan: a cloth, usually of curled wool, like a sheep's
astute: smart and perceptive
audacious: risk averse; bold and daring
capricious: unpredictable and often impulsive
complacent: self-satisfied
confabulations: Chats, conferrings or conversations
coterie: a small group with shared interests
calumny: a false and malicious statement; slander
conjecture: an opinion without real evidence
depravity: immorality, corruption or evilness
deprecate: to belittle or express disapproval of
discern: to notice or understand
disquisition: a formal discourse with a discussion and exam of a a subject
dissipate: to disappear slowly
duplicity: deception
Anna Karenina vocabulary words 21-40 effervescing: bubbling; joyously
enigma: mystery
epaulet: a shoulder decoration, usually on a uniform
extol: praise, honor or glorify
fastidious: carefully attentive; excessively
exasperated: irritated; annoyed to almost being angry
fervor: intense feelings
frivolous: of little importance: trivial; not serious or practical
guile: deceitful cunning: duplicity
incessant: without interruption: unceasing; continuous
indolent: lazy; averse to exertion and work
ingenious: inventive and skillful
intractable: difficult in various senses
inveterate: settled or confirmed
irascible: easily angered, very irritable
iteration: repetition
jocosely: jokingly, jesting, humorously or playfully
laconic: concise, expressing in few words
loquacity: talkativeness magnanimous: kind and generous in thought and action
malicious: being mean and spiteful; carried on with unjustified harm
Anna Karenina vocabulary words 41-61 metayers: someone working for a landlord and receives a share of the harvest as pay
obstinate: persistently unreasonable; stubborn
pecuniary: of or referring to money
penitent: repentant; feeling pain or sorrow for sins
pious: haing or showing reverence to God: devout
punctilious: careful; marked by precise or exact details of codes or conventions
raillery: good-natured ridicule: banter
refute: to prove or attempt to prove that something is false
reprehensible: worthy of or deserving censure or blame: culpable
reproach: criticism
repudiate: strong rejection of or refusal to accept; to reject something once embraced
revere: to respect and admire deeply, sometimes with and awe
scrutiny: careful examination
scrupulous: careful to behave with ethical consideration that makes a person uneasy; qualm
surreptitious: done secretly
taciturn: habitually and temperamentally disinclined to talk; reserved and silent
trepidation: fear or anxiety
usurp: seize or take control without authority
vacillate: to waver in mind; to fluctuate
whimsical: capricious; playful or amusing; erratic
zeal: enthusiasm; energetic and unflagging interest of an aim or devotion to a cause
Thank you Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list for Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
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