Pretest #19
  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.
pend/pent/pens = _______    dic/dict = _________   pre = _____  bene = _________

Vocabulary
decrepit, gesticulate, permeate, trepidation, untoward, sallow, doleful, censure, chastened, complicity

  1. The castaways ___________(ed) wildly at the plane flying overhead, trying to get the pilot's attention.
  2. After being in the cave for so long, Tom skin had a rather _________ color to it.
  3. The judge was __________(ed) for taking bribes.
  4. The Earth Men couldn't see any particular light source in the room; the light just seemed to ________ the walls.
  5. The __________ old stairs collapsed under Injun Joe's weight.
  6. Tom was very __________after his breakup with Becky.
  7. Tom snuck into Injun Joe's lair with much _____________.
  8. Several kids were arrested for their __________in the the crime.
  9.  I was ____________ by my mom for my bad behavior at school.
  10. Drug manufacturers have to report any ___________ side effects of the drugs they sell.