Thursday 1/6/00
Brain Teaser Warm Up:
A) What question can a person ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?
B) Is it possible to name the capital of each and every one of the United States in less than a minute?
C) What does this spell: ghoughteightteeau?
Vocabulary Pretest

1. My brother was very ________; he kept bugging my mom until she said yes.
2. I stood watching; _________ by  the beauty of the stars.
3. Often, immagrants are used as _________(s) for the problems of society.
4. A caterpillar undergoes a ____________, and emerges from it's coccoon as a butterfly.
5. I got very ______(ed) before my big performance and made some silly mistakes.
6. Joe has a(n) ___________ where he make his bed just before he gets into it.
7. I was amazed by the _______ that he was really an alien!
8. Joe voiced his __________; he didn't think it was a good idea to go further into the woods.
9. Joe suffered from _________, and usually was awake almost all night long.
10. Everyone __________(ed) to the plan; no one disagreed.

     idiosyncrasy, assent, dissent, metamorphosis,
    insomnia, scapegoat, revelation, fluster, transfixed, persistent

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