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    CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
    Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
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    The Great Gatsby Definition Match -- myVocabulary.com

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    The Great Gatsby MATCH: Choose from the The Great Gatsby vocabulary word list to match the proper definitions of 16 words. Use the pull down menu bar to choose the correct letter match. When you hit Submit, you will get back the correct answers for The Great Gatsby vocabulary Definition Match and the percentage score for correct answers.
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    Word List
     
    1) VINOUS
    2) FLORID
    3) PRODIGALITY
    4) LANGUIDLY
    5) SOMNOLENT
    6) FRACTIOUSNESS
    7) SUPERCILIOUS
    8) EXTEMPORIZING
    9) FEIGNED
    10) CORPULENT
    11) COMPLACENCY
    12) PUNCTILIOUS
    13) VACUOUS
    14) ELUDE
    15) MERETRICIOUS
    16) BENEDICTION
    Definition List
     
    A)  a prayer that asks God's blessing
    B)  a feeling of satisfaction of how things are and not wanting a change
    C)  having a large bulky body: obese, fat
    D)  to avoid or escape by being quick, skillful or clever; to fail to be understood
    E)  without special preparation, usually to describe public speaking
    F)  pretending to feel or be affected by something
    G)  having a red or reddish color; excessively ornate or very fancy
    H)  showing or having very little energy, activity or strength
    I)  something that causes difficulty: hard to manage or control; a display of anger and disagreement
    J)  lavish abundance; wasteful extravagance
    K)  vulgarly attractive; tawdry; based on pretense or insincerity
    L)  strict or exact in proper behavior or conduct
    M)  tired and drowsy; tending to cause sleep: sleepy
    N)  haughtily disdainful; scornful
    O)  lacking contents: empty; showing an absence of intelligence or substance
    P)  relating to or made with wine