Test #6. KEY (38pp)
Spelling.

1. speculated, SPECTATOR, defunct, locale, all correct
2. reflective, FLEXIBLE, malfunction, resist, all correct
3. LOCALLY, fraction, fragment, invention, all correct
4. conclusion, prevention, excluded, variant, all correct
5. various, insistent, DESCRIPTION, prescription, all correct
6. gratifying, ingrate, precision, DECISION, all correct
7. "before write thing" = PRESCRIPTION
8. "again stand" = RESIST
9. (2) "piece thing" = FRAGMENT(S), FRACTION
10. ending : conclusion :: place : LOCALE
11. jerk : nice :: INGRATE : thankful

Vocabulary Write "exempt" and do only #4, if you are exempt.  You will use words more than once. Be sure to add the suffixes.
grimace, delinquent, circumvent, reminisce, juvenile, defunct, delirious, speculate

1. The thief CIRCUMVENTED the alarm system, and was able to steal the jewels.
2. (2) mature : JUVENILE :: obey : CIRCUMVENT [antonyms]
3. Johnny GRIMACED as he thought about what happened in the park that night.
4. beginning : conclusion :: speculate : REMINISCE
5. portion : fraction :: dead : DEFUNCT
6. smile : snarl :: grin : GRIMACE
7. I was two weeks DELINQUENT on my phone bill.
8. Some people see comic books as being very JUVENILE, and not real literature.
9. Grandpa Simpson likes to REMINISCE about his days as a soldier.
10. obey : resist :: reminisce : SPECULATE
11. (2) Most secondary school teachers don't put up with JUVENILE or DELINQUENT behavior in their classrooms.

Sentence Scramble.  -1 FOR EACH MISTAKE.

1. (3) * Dally was scowling, and from long and painful experience, I knew better than to talk to him when his eyes were blazing like that.
2. (3) * Bob had told her he'd fix us for picking up his girl .
3. (3) * He just looked very pale and still and sort of sick.
4. (3) * I leaped up and ran for the door, but it was already open, and Soda had me in a bear hug and was swinging me around.