AVID TRAITS
NON AVID TRAITS
BEFORE A WORD
10TH GRADE THEME
ABC'S
100
effective; distinct, using language easily and fluently
What is articulate?
100
Stagnant
What is motionless; stale; or dull?
100
Grat
What is pleasing?
100
An adjective meaning excessively careful
What is meticulous?
100
Advocate
What is urge or plead?
200
Aspire
What is seeking to attain or long for?
200
Hard to understand
What is esoteric?
200
Self
What is ego?
200
Urbane
What is notably polite?
200
Corroborate
What is to confirm or support?
300
Having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech; movingly expressive
What is eloquent?
300
Threatening
What is ominous?
300
New
What is nov?
300
A noun meaning the quality of being keen in judgment
What is sagacity?
300
Disagree
What is dissent?
400
Halcyon
What is calm; peaceful; tranquil; happy?
400
Superfluous
What is unnecessary; excessively; overabundant?
400
Both; on both sides
What is ambi/amphi?
400
Edify
What is to uplift?
400
Hard to understand
What is esoteric?
500
A verb meaning to become absorbed in thought
What is MUSE?
500
Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
What is dogmatic?
500
Prefix meaning with or jointly
What is con?
500
An adjective meaning counterfeit, forged, illegal.
What is spurious?
500
Capable of being shaped
What is malleable?
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