Pretest #18

1. An antaseptic will kill germs in a cut.
2. Stick on the bandage with adheasive tape.
3. Who can adminaster first aide to the injured?
4. This sponge can abzorb a lot of water.
5. The campers had an adaquate supply of food for the week.
6. He claimed to have been adducted by aliens.
7. Snow is abnormle in warm climates.
8. Let's postpoan the game until the rain stops.
9. The admision price for the theme park is expensive.
10. Put a postscript at the end of your letter.
11. My adviser urged me to take this math class.
12. All managers must be good at adminastration.
13. The ruler was overthrown for an abuze of power.
14. The judge abzolved him and set him free.
15. The witness swore to tell the absalute truth.
16. List an antinym for spelling word #11.
17. A simple ajustment will fix the printer.
18. The car needs antafreeze in cold weather.
19. To get a master's degree you must take postgraduit classes.
20. I had to postdate the check for the next day.
21. Please don't antaginize your sister.
22. "Absense make the heart grow fonder."
23. His personality was so abraisive, they compared him to sanpaper.
24. Homer was mistaken for an abominible snowman.
25. He did sit ups to strengthen his abdominal muscles.

Roots: ant(i) =_______, ad = _________, ab = ___________, post = _________
Vocabulary -- conjecture, perturb, reciprocate, phoenix, dowry, insolent, surge, adept, bane

1. I improved my grade so much, my teacher said I was like "a ___________, rising from the ashes."
2. It would be very perilous to be ________ to a grumpy policeman.
3. Unfortunately, in many cultures, a woman without a sizable _______ will find it difficult to marry.
4. Even though there was chaos in the classroom, the sub sat (un)___________(ed), like nothing was happening.
5. The crowd _________(ed) toward the stage as the music got faster and faster.
6. He is quite ____________ at skateboard tricks.
7. Some say pollution is the __________ of  our motorized existence.
8. He treated me with respect, so I _____________(ed).
9. Don't base your decision on _______________; find out for sure.