Wednesday, 1/27/99

Vocabulary Pretest:

  1.  Tom Sawyer was one of the best at _____________________(ing) reality,
  2. and Aunt Polly was often very ________________(ed) and upset by his various "lies."
  3. Mom _______________(ed) me for forgetting to wash my hands before

  4. dinner.
  5. Red Rabbit clopped along in his own slow, _____________ way.
  6. I find it very __________ that your homework was stolen by aliens.
  7. With the sun shining on it, the stained glass became very _____________.
  8. Moon Shadow began to "use the heavy-soled boots like clubs, __________(ing) at the man."
  9. scold : chide :: shriveled : ___________
  10. The student tried to "kiss up" to the teacher with _________(ing) looks and insincere compliments.
  11. My grandmother likes to ___________ and work on needlepoint projects.
  12. His loud voice __________(ed) throughout the big, empty house.
  13. After our argument, Joan __________(ed) angrily out of the room, yelling her head off.
  14. The team had the _________ honor of having the worst record ever.
  15. The Tiger General was an old man, ________ and wrinkly like a raisin.
  16. I felt sick after my Halloween candy ___________.
wizened, improbable, exasperate, luminous, flounce, flail, resonate, prudent, dubious, embroider, simper, binge, flourish, intuitive

EC: Turn resonate (v) into an adjective.
EC: Methodical (adj) is based on the noun ___________.
EC: Turn intuitive (adj) into a noun.
EC: What else is the Tiger General known as? Why
EC: What excuse does Lefty give for sitting in the hallway outside Windrider's door?
EC: What does Moon Shadow think milk is?

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