Standard
    
    
        - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3
- Language Standards
    
   
    
    
        - Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
    
   
    
    
        - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5
- Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
    
   
    
    
        - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5c
- Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).