Wednesday, 10/11/00
Analogy Warm Up:
  1. automobile : transportation :: telephone : __________
  2. sound : pitch :: light : ________
  3. 90% : 75% :: _______ : 15/20
  4. *renter : boarder :: hero : _______
  5. **angry : ______ :: lazy : _______
Vocabulary Pretest: One word is not used. No words are used twice.

I  (1)________(ed) my mom to let me go to the party, but she was (2)_________ about the crowd I was hanging with. She thought they might influence me into some (3)__________ activities. I told her that I would be (4)__________, but that only (5)__________(ed) an angry response from her. She said I was being too (6)__________ about the risks involved, and that I ought to take her more seriously. She explained that life was made up of a million (7)_________ decisions, and each one was important.  I got (8)_________ with her for treating me like a (9)__________, gullible little kid. I told her that she had taught me enough (10)_________ to make the right decisions. She liked that one, and finally let me go.

illicit, elicit, discreet, discrete, vain, savvy, credulous, leery, implore, nonchalant, indignant

Essays due next Thursday.
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