Wednesday, 3/17/99
Vocabulary Pretest:
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"Crushing certain plants could add up ___________(ly). A
little, tiny error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out
of proportion."
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"The government doesn’t like us here. We have to pay big
___________ to keep our business."
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The green carpet of grass and moss was _____________ and
soft.
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"It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too _____________
and balanced for it's ten tons."
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"Maybe Time can’t be changed by us. Or maybe it can be changed
only in __________, not so noticeable ways."
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The machine glowed. It had an __________ that flickered brightly;
orange, blue, and silver.
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He is not an _________ member of the team; we need his help
desparately.
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We tried to ___________ our arrival times, so we would get
there together.
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The gardener _________(ed) a new limb onto the ailing tree.
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The dancer was ___________ on the edge of the stage.
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Since there were 1000 points possable in the quarter, one
or two would be an _____________ amount.
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The display of colored lights in the sky that happens near
the North Pole is called the _________ borealis. It is more commonly known
as the ________ _________. (EC)
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A good quality to have is __________-- the ability to bounce
back when things go wrong.
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When we moved, we got rid of everything that we considered
_________.
graft, resilient, resilience, aurora, expendable,
poised, subtle, infinitesimal, correlate
Crossword Due Friday (10p)
Correct "MFN" 1-4, 10-17
Discuss "MFN" 5-9
Discuss "English B"