Pretest #19
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Check the meaning of the word in the dictonery.
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Find the apendix in the back of your book.
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Is he dependible enough to take care of a dog?
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Please don't contredict me.
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Buying the tickets will be a big expense.
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Will a clock work if its pendalum is stuck?
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The weather pradiction calls for warmer weather
this week.
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His favorite genre is suspence stories.
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What copensation will I recieve for this job?
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The secretary was very good at taking dictaition.
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Can we suspend the lamp from that hook?
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Actors need good diction to be understood.
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The dictater ruled with an iron hand.
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Has the jury reached a verdicte?
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A dark sky and a change in the direction of the wind are
signs of an impending storm.
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Please dispence the food in equal servings.
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Getting lost is a serious predicument.
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Will he draw a penshion when he retires?
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She wore a gold pendent around her neck.
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A finger is an appendige.
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He was the valadictorian of his senior
class.
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The grand jury handed down an inditement of
murder in the first degree.
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Whether you go to the amusement park or not is dependant
on your behavior.
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Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, and what the predacate
says, he does.
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The teacher issued an edicte; there will be
no more pencil borrowing.
pend/pent/pens = _______ dic/dict
= _________ pre = _____ bene = _________
Vocabulary
decrepit, gesticulate, permeate, trepidation, untoward,
sallow, doleful, censure, chastened, complicity
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The castaways ___________(ed) wildly at the plane flying
overhead, trying to get the pilot's attention.
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After being in the cave for so long, Tom skin had a rather
_________ color to it.
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The judge was __________(ed) for taking bribes.
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The Earth Men couldn't see any particular light source in
the room; the light just seemed to ________ the walls.
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The __________ old stairs collapsed under Injun Joe's weight.
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Tom was very __________after his breakup with Becky.
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Tom snuck into Injun Joe's lair with much _____________.
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Several kids were arrested for their __________in the the
crime.
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I was ____________ by my mom for my bad behavior at
school.
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Drug manufacturers have to report any ___________ side effects
of the drugs they sell.