Ghost Vocabulary

"Let me guess, sunflower seeds," Mr. Charles practically shouts from behind the counter of what he calls his "country store." even though we live in a city. The word practically means:

• showing attitude toward people that they think are less smart or important

• almost, nearly or basically

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TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.E3.8E

TEKS.ELA.E4.8E

Every other night he would become a different person, like he'd morph into someone crazy, but this one night my mother decided to finally fight back. The word morph means:

• to be slow about doing something that should be done

• to change from one thing to another in a surprising way

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TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E

"You run?" he responded, wiping his hands ironically on his shorts. In this sentence, ironically means:

• being strange because a situation is different from what is expected.

• being worthy of being admired or copied

All I knew was that he was always at the court, dominating the game, taking everybody's money. In this sentence, dominating means:

• expressing thoughts and feelings through behaviors and actions

• having power over the situation or people

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VII

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

TEKS.MATH.3.3D

After two half days of school, which technically equals one full day, I'm happy to say school went pretty smooth on Friday. In this sentence, technically means:

• staying in an area when you have no reason to be there

• sticking strictly to the rules or facts

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TEKS.ELA.E1.1C

TEKS.ELA.E1.5F

TEKS.ELA.E2.5F

TEKS.ELA.E3.5F

TEKS.ELA.E4.5F

The team, shook about the prospect of having to hand over their sweet new jerseys, grumbled, and started their warm-up laps. In this sentence prospect means:

• the possibility of something that will happen in the future

• something that is unplanned or unexpected that happens at the same time as another event

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TEKS.ELA.2.3D

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VII

TEKS.MATH.3.3D

We hit the final stretch, the last hundred meters, which was when we were supposed to run full-out, and I must've channeled my inner Usain and bolted to the end. In this sentence, channel means:

• to have power over the situation or people

• to express thoughts and feelings through behaviors and actions

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VII

TEKS.ELA.R.2E

TEKS.MATH.3.3D

He looked me up and down, then flashed an arrogant grin. In this sentence, arrogant means:

• not worried or confused by something taking place

• showing an insulting attitude toward people they they think are less important than other people

Sunny loped back over and joined the group, unfazed. In this sentence, unfazed means:

• not worried or confused by something taking place

• good at something that is worth of being admired or copied

I knew what I needed to do, and I knew that I had to do it before my mother got home and made me eat dinner and watch some sappy flick with her while she procrastinated doing her homework. In this sentence procrastinated means:

• to stay in an area when you have no reason to be there

• to be slow about doing something that should be done

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TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E