1) While I check KBAR: (in notebook)
a) Vocabulary Practice: (All correct = +2, -1 = +1 on Friday's S/V Test.)

1. My friend has a lot of basketball ____________. He just seems to have a natural feel for the game.
2. I touched the bruise on my cheek very ____________.
3. He never seems to get nervous. He is always very ___________.
4. After the accident, her outlook on life became very_________. She seemed to have no hope any more.
5. "I wish I had done my homework," I thought__________(ly).
6. A person who doesn’t like to __________  to the group is often called an outsider.(Extra Credit Oppertunity: This type of person is called a _____________.--Use another form of the word you just used!)
7. The _____________ of a word is its dictionary definition.
8. The _____________ of a word is what it makes you think of.
9. Two-Bit nodded his head ________(ly), and said, "It would have been wiser to have someone pick you up."
10. The (affects effects) of the sun on your skin are almost all bad ones.
11.Copy the following sentence and try to infer the meaning of the underlined word:  No one could fathom why he liked school, even though he always failed almost every class.
12. Based on the above sentences, what does the word infer mean?
EXTRA CREDIT:
a) Which word doesn't belong, and why?
bleak, sage, nonchalant, conform, rueful
b) Find and fix the one misspelled word in this exercise.
c) What is one good thing for your skin that comes from sun exposure? (Don't say, "A tan.")

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connotation, rueful, bleak, nonchalant, conform, savvy,
gingerly, denotation, sage

2) Outsiders aloud.