Pretest 9 -- Eighth Grade
Spelling. Theme?

1. Is the cayotee related to the wolf?
2. We camped on the maysa high above the dessert.
3. Lions roamed free on the grassy savanna.
4. Brickes made of adohbe are baked in the sun.
5. One man lived on the top floor of the pweblo.
6. The stampeed of elephants shook the ground.
7. She tied a loop in the rope to form a larriet.
8. Clean the grill before lighting the barbeeq.
9. The winds of the tornado caused much damage.
10. The night sky was a deep indigo color.
11. Is a jagwire as fast as a tiger?
12. The muskeeto is an annoying insect.
13. Does the school cafateria serve good food?
14. Use mascera to make your eyelashes look long.
15. The Spanish armahda was a feared fighting force.
16. His false bravado fooled nobody; we all knew he was scared.
17. He was a renagade from the Army; running away from battle.
18. The prisoner was held incommunicado, not allowed to call even his lawyer.
19. She found the hammuk quite comfy for sleeping.
20. Guacamole is made with avacadoes.
21. There was a floatilla of ships at the Harbor Festival in Morro Bay.
22. He recieved a lot of choclate for Halloween.
23. Can you catch and ride that broncko?
24. They served hot coacoa at the Halloween party.
25. He likes vannila ice cream.

Vocabulary -- mortified, philanthropy, prevaricate, subliminal, subsidize, aficionado, compulsive, mundane, congeal, avocation

1. Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world, he is also one of the biggest _______________(ists) in the world.
2. John likes to _______________. A lot. Lorraine calls it "distorting" his world verbally.
3. You might even say John was ________________ about "distorting" his world.
4. Lorraine was _______________ when she had to bend over to get her book. She thought sure that everyone was going to be staring at her.
5. The bacon grease ___________(ed) in the pan.
6. Mr. Pignati, we will soon find, is a ceramic pig _____________.
7. John's ______________ when he was a freshman was setting off bombs.
8. Most people wouldn't be interested in the ___________, day-to-day details of a principal's job.
9. There is a lot of _____________ advertising in movies. They call it "product placement."
10. The government actually ___________(s) the tobacco industry with payment to farmers, while it spends money advertising the bad effects of smoking.