Thursday, 2/15/01--Vocabulary, "EMen" test tomorrow. KBAR is due!
Go over example sentences...
Warm Up: Copy 1-5.

1. vocal cords : speech :: mind : ____________
2. Mercury : __________ :: Earth : Mars
3. *resilience : resilient :: poise : __________
4. *gigantic : infinitesimal :: valuable : ____________
5. **subtle : stark :: assent : _________
6. (2) Draw a diagram that shows what a day and a year are, astronomically speaking.

Vocabulary Pretest: Fill in the blank with the correct word. Two words are used twice. You may use your vocabulary sheet (crossword and example sentences) to help you, but not your definitions.
graft, resilient, (resilience), aurora, expendable, poised, subtle,
infinitesimal, correlate

1. The machine glowed. It had a(n) __________ that flickered brightly; orange, blue, and silver.
2. He is not an _________ member of the team; we need his help desperately.
3. The gardener _________(ed) a new limb onto the ailing tree.
4. Since there were 1,000 points possible in the quarter, one or two would be a(n) _______ amount.
5. When we moved, we got rid of everything that we considered _________.
6. In some Third World countries, the police are paid so little that they have to resort to ___________ to survive.
7. She tried to make _________ hints about her friend's bad breath.
8. A trampoline is, by definition, ___________.
9. He tried to be be very ___________ and calm when he met his girlfriend's parents.
10. We tried to ___________ our arrival times so that we could be there together.

"The Earth Men"