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Vocabulary Strategies. Using Word Study for Ownership!. Vocabulary squares. A teacher example……. adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kaustikos , from kaustos ‘combustible,’ from kaiein ‘to burn .’.
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Vocabulary Strategies Using Word Study for Ownership!
Vocabulary squares A teacher example……
adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greekkaustikos, from kaustos ‘combustible,’ from kaiein ‘to burn.’ 1 a caustic cleaner: corrosive, corroding, abrasive, mordant, acid. 2 a caustic comment: sarcastic, cutting, biting, mordant, sharp, bitter, scathing, derisive, sardonic, ironic, scornful, trenchant, acerbic, abrasive, vitriolic, acidulous. Antonyms: mild, gentle, pleasant Caustic
1 able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action: a caustic cleaner. 2 sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way 3 Physics formed by the intersection of reflected or refracted parallel rays from a curved surface. The hockey players were making caustic comments about the refereeing. Her caustic comments were unnecessary and painful.
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