Tier II/Academic Vocabulary These words require less time to learn These words require more time to learn (They are concrete or describe an object/event/ (They are abstract, have multiple meanings, are a part process/characteristic that is familiar to students) of a word family, or are likely to appear again in future texts) context [surpass] [decomposing] from [archaeological] [proclaim] [excavations] [whereabouts] [tyrant] [barbarians] learned [contradictory] [vandals] be [preservation] can Meaning [consolidate] [rivals] [immortality] [immense] [procession] [penetrate] [contrived] [intricate] [consolidated] provided [prospect] be [fleet] to [mercury] [ingot] [pallbearers] needs [sacred] [scores] [denounced] Meaning
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 [decomposing] [proclaim] [whereabouts] [barbarians] [vandals] [preservation] [surpass] [archaeological] [excavations] [tyrant] [contradictory] Meaning needs to be provided [consolidate] [immortality] [procession] [contrived] [consolidated] [prospect] [fleet] [mercury] [ingot] [pallbearers] [sacred] [scores] [denounced] [rivals] [immense] [penetrate] [intricate]