Vocabulary Power Plus for the ACT - Lesson 5 - 9th Grade

mesmerize

• scorn

• bewitch

• discuss

• prevent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

gist

• message

• preview

• forgery

• portent

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

entity

• body

• subsidy

• title

• entreaty

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

dastardly

• unusually large in scope

• not properly maintained or cared for

• extremely wicked

• not worth considering

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

charisma

• any spatial attributes

• an energetic style

• a lack of symmetry

• personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

jaded

• unusual

• colorful

• delicious

• exhausted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Names—Velasquez, Goya, and others of more recent date—were bandied between them, the while the padre and I sat dumbly attentive.

Source: The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza

In this sentence, bandied means:

• linked up

• dispensed with

• checked out

• talked over

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

advocate means:

• a person who attests to the genuineness of a document

• a person with a belief in the superiority of one people

• a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

• a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

gist means:

• harbinger

• acumen

• incorporation

• substance

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

dastardly means:

• villainous

• unkempt

• impertinent

• uncouth

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F