Grade 3 Tier 2 Vocabulary

deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite

behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case

make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow

failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

consternation and distress, typically caused by something unexpected

too powerful to be defeated or overcome

to comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment

lavish praise and compliments upon someone; make someone feel honored or pleased

able to move quickly and easily; able to think and understand quickly

having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

hesitating or doubting, not to be relied upon, suspect

suffer something painful or difficult patiently

a modest or low view of one's own importance

quick and light in movement or action, agile

pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely; hopeless

a thing handed down by a predecessor

easily persuaded to believe something

lacking in quantity or quality

done consciously and intentionally, done or acting in a careful and unhurried way

to announce officially or publicly, demonstrate or indicate clearly

cause to become smaller or less intense, lessen, reduce, or remove