Pretest #21

1. Check the meaning of the word in the dictonery.
2. Find the apendix in the back of your book.
3. Is he dependible enough to take care of a dog?
4. Please don't contredict me.
5. Buying the tickets will be a big expense.
6. Will a clock work if its pendalum is stuck?
7. The weather pradiction calls for warmer weather this week.
8. His favorite genre is suspence stories.
9. What copensation will I recieve for this job?
10. The secretary was very good at taking dictaition.
11. Can we suspend the lamp from that hook?
12. Actors need good diction to be understood.
13. The dictater ruled with an iron hand.
14. Has the jury reached a verdicte?
15. A dark sky and a change in the direction of the wind are signs of an impending storm.
16. Please dispence the food in equal servings.
17. Getting lost is a serious predicument.
18. Will he draw a penshion when he retires?
19. She wore a gold pendent around her neck.
20. A finger is an appendige.
21. He was the valadictorian of  his senior class.
22. The grand jury handed down an inditement of murder in the first degree.
23. Whether you go to the amusement park or not is dependant on your behavior.
24. Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, and what the predacate says, he does.
25. The teacher issued an edicte; there will be no more pencil borrowing.

Vocabulary: sardonic, deity, perpetual, sullen, incensed, epitaph, auspicious

1. He had a(n) _____________ beginning to the new semester; he got four A’s and only one B on his first round of tests.
2. For centuries, people have tried to create a __________ motion machine without realizing that the laws of physics make it impossible that anything could run forever.
3. I was ___________ that I was blamed for my brother's actions. (+1: He was only using me as a _____________.)
4. Tony Hawk is a _______ in the skateboarding world.
5. After Black Dog started using opium again, he became ______ and cranky.
6. What would a good _______ be for Dally? How would he want to be remembered?
7. He has a very __________ sense of humor. He is very sarcastic and bitter.