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Explore a thrilling adventure in this fictional journal entry, featuring words from Week 5 SAT vocabulary list. Discover how aversion, behemoth, contemporary, fickle, genre, hiatus, larceny, scapegoat, virtuoso, and zenith come to life in this exciting tale!
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Middle School SAT Vocabulary Week 5
Week 5 Words Hiatus Larceny Scapegoat Virtuoso Zenith • Aversion • Behemoth • Contemporary • Fickle • Genre Study the definitions, synonyms, & antonyms, and know how to use them in a sentence.
Aversion • (n) a strong dislike of something or someone • He has an aversion to green vegetables and refuses to eat them. • Synonyms: distaste, dislike, hatred • Antonym: liking • Also: averse
Behemoth • (n) something that is very large • They found bones of the great behemoth. • Synonyms: beast, huge, mammoth • Antonym: runt • Also: n/a
Contemporary • (adj) belonging to the present time • Because he is into modern things, his home is very contemporary. • Synonyms: current, fashionable, present-day • Antonyms: old, outdated • Also: contemporaries
Fickle • (adj) describes someone who always changes their mind about people or things they like, so you can’t depend on them • My mother is very fickle. You can’t depend on her to stick to her guns. • Synonyms: indecisive, inconsistent, changeable • Antonyms: constant, consistent • Also: fickleness
Genre • (n) a particular type of art, writing, books, music, etc. which has certain features • My favorite genre of books is science fiction. • Synonyms: type, sort, category • Antonyms: n/a • Also: genres
Hiatus • (n) a break or interruption in an activity • I hate when I have to watch reruns when my favorite TV shows are on hiatus. • Synonyms: pause, lull, interval • Antonyms: continuation • Also: hiatal
Larceny • (n) the act or crime of stealing • He went to jail for committing larceny. He stole more than four thousand dollars in goods. • Synonyms: robbery, theft • Antonyms: n/a • Also: larcenist, larcenous, larcener
Scapegoat • (n) someone who is blamed for something bad that happens, even though it’s not their fault • My brother always makes me the scapegoat for all the things he does wrong. • Synonyms: victim, culprit, fall guy • Antonyms: n/a • Also: scapegoater, scapegoating
Virtuoso • (n) someone who is a very skillful performer, especially in music • The virtuoso conducted the symphony. • Synonyms: artist, maestro, expert • Antonyms: inexperienced • Also: virtuosity
Zenith • (n) the most successful point in the development of something; the highest point • When they reached the zenith of the mountain, they planted a flag to show they were there. • Synonyms: peak, summit, pinnacle • Antonyms: base, depths • Also: n/a
Assignment-List 5 • Using at least six of the words, write a fictional journal entry that tells about an adventure. • You MUST use them correctly in order to receive credit. • It’s best to choose the words that you need to study.
List 5 Review • Click on each word for the correct part of speech. • Click on the picture on the word slides to take you back to the review.