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Grade 9 Lesson 5 Sat Vocab. Mrs. Janice Blaber. Jaded ( adj ). Kaipo became jaded about love after the third girlfriend in a month broke up with him. She was jaded about fundraisers after the last one she gave money to was reported to be a big fraud. Jaded ( adj ). Worn out; dulled.
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Grade 9 Lesson 5 Sat Vocab Mrs. Janice Blaber
Jaded (adj) • Kaipo became jaded about love after the third girlfriend in a month broke up with him. • She was jaded about fundraisers after the last one she gave money to was reported to be a big fraud.
Jaded (adj) • Worn out; dulled
Gist (n) • I never did understand the gist of his story. • At the end of each set of Cornell notes, students must write a gist of the notes.
Gist (n) • The main point
Efface (v) • He tried to efface his memories of her by burning all of her pictures. • Vandals like to efface property by spray painting it with black paint.
Efface (v) • To obliterate; to wipe out
Charisma (n) • The candidate had charisma and good looks, but little knowledge of the important issues. • Shrek is an ogre, but he isn’t a bad one.
Charisma (n) • Personal appeal or attraction; magnetism
Ogre (n) • The ogre terrorized the villagers in the mountain village.
Ogre (n) • A brute; a large monster; a frightful giant
Mesmerize (v) • The fast music and spinning dancers mesmerized the audience. • Many teenagers become mesmerized by reality tv shows that they often foregt to do their homework.
Mesmerize (v) • To hypnotize
Entity (n) • Ann thought she saw a ghostly entity hovering over the graveyard, but it turned out to be a flag. • The entity seen flying over the school at midnight turned out not to be a UFO, rather it was a 747.
Entity (n) • Anything having existence, either physical or mystical
Bandy (v) • Let’s not bandy words about the deal anymore; just sign the papers and leave, please. • Many times, during AR periods, Se’a likes to bandy with her neighbor rather than read; she often gets in to trouble for this.
Bandy (v) • To exchange words; to discuss casually
Advocate (v) • She advocated to raise money for breast cancer because she believed in finding a cure for it. • The teacher advocated for all students to do community service if they wanted to better humans.
Advocate (n) • To recommend; to speak in favor of
Dastardly (adj) • The dastardly thief stole money only from the helpless, elderly people. • The dastardly store owner raised all the prices on his water bottle by 500% when he found out that he was the only person who sold fresh water in the poor town.
Dastardly (adj) • Cowardly and treacherous