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Tier II/Academic Vocabulary These words require less time to learn (They are concrete or describe an object/event/ process/characteristic that is familiar to students) These words require more time to learn (They are abstract, have multiple meanings, are a part of a word family, or are likely to appear again in future texts) Meaning can be learned from context conflagration fringe colossal opposing heroism gracious pickets debris wrought cunning shrewd safeguards flanked hysteria menace Meaning needs to be provided nabobs ghetto gale bayonets refugees cosmopolitan flotsam smoke-pall lurid contrivances lavishly enumeration vestiges compelled toiling