Wednesday, 10/25/06 -- Early Release Schedule.
If you did not have an essay yesterday, be sure today to show your draft to the guest teacher!
Warm Up. Copy into notebook.
The star * means the answer will be a spelling or vocabulary word from this week's list.
  1. * do : operation :: together : __________
  2. * discreet : savvy :: legitimate : ___________
  3. * Two-Bit : diligent :: Dally : _________ (2 answers)
  4. * dishes : cupboard :: paintings : _________
  5. * obvious : subtle :: customary : _______
  6. * surgeon : operation :: spy : ________ (2 answers)
Go over Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest VII
(Some words might be used more than once. Some might not be used at all.)
audacious, diligent, prolific, bona fide, incognito, subtle, deduce, diffident, taboo
  1. His use of a fake beard and mustache was a pathetic attempt to be __________.
  2. He is a rather _____ liar; he tells so many lies, you can never tell which of his stories is true.
  3. His joke was very __________; it took me a while to get it.
  4. There was only a ___ difference between the two $100 bills...
  5. ...so the bank clerk had to examine them very carefully to tell which was the _____ one.
  6. He practiced the skate trick _________(ly) until he got it right.
  7. In some cultures and religions, certain foods and activities are __________.
  8. Tom is a very bold, __________ boy, who is scared of very little.
  9. "Now, now, don't be ___________; speak up!"
  10. obvious : subtle :: bogus : ___________
  11. On the show CSI, the crime scene investigators used science to ______ whom the killer was.
  12. Johnny and Pony __________(ly) ran into the burning church to save the kids.
Work on Chapter 10 and 11 reading and questions.