Essential Twelfth Grade Vocabulary: List 1

His misery is so much more abject than mine. The Sun Is Also a Star

“Many voters across the state availed themselves of the opportunity to participate in early voting,” Ms. Clarke said. New York Times (Jan 5, 2021)

The rest of Europe was overrun and defeated, or they capitulated. Washington Post (Oct 19, 2021)

The watchman replied that a search was routine, and he looked through the bag in a cursory way, not even disturbing the clothing. Long Walk to Freedom

Everyone treated me with the deference accorded only to the school’s top athletes. The Glass Castle

Crime, on the other hand, isn’t a single discrete thing, but a word used to describe an almost impossibly varied and complicated set of behaviors. The Tipping Point

Unlike our ephemeral weather features on Earth, Jupiter's storms last years, even centuries. Salon (Sep 28, 2021)

Often in trouble at school, he was assigned to do maintenance at the baseball field one day when an errant javelin from track practice landed nearby. Washington Post (Jun 3, 2021)

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power decided that the most expedient solution was to refill a large portion of the lake. Nature (Nov 11, 2018)

While Latifah loves action and fighting, she doesn’t go in for gratuitous violence. Seattle Times (Jan 27, 2021)