Pretest #6 - Roots
  1. The flexable  pipe is easy to work with.
  2. In a raflective  moment, he thought about his future.
  3. The slot machine suddenly malfunctioned,  and everybody started winning.
  4. There are verious  things you can do to raise your grade.
  5. That deer is a varient  of another species.
  6. It is useless to ressist;  we will win!
  7. He was very insistant  about paying the bill.
  8. His discription  of the attacker was very vague.
  9. The doctor wrote me a perscription  for cough drops.
  10. I need your disision  by Friday.
  11. The laser cut with great percision .
  12. The Clapper is a funny invention .
  13. The teacher had to intervene  when the argument started.
  14. "An ounce of pervention  is worth a pound of cure."
  15. He was exscluded  from the club.
  16. I got to the conclussion,  and I didn't like it.
  17. The line in a fraction  means _______ .
  18. Fragements  of glass flew everywhere.
  19. It was really gratifying  to work at the nursing home.
  20. My dad called me an ingreat  for asking for more money after he had already given me some.
  21. He didn't seem very greatfull  about all she had done for him.
  22. It was localy  grown produce we bought at the farmers' market.
  23. San Luis is a very pretty local .
  24. I was a spectater at that World Series game.
  25. The vehicle inspecktion took about an hour.
Roots
script = _____  spec = _____  flex/flec = _____  frac/frag = _____ clud/clus = _____ grat = ____  ven = ____

Vocabulary -- First, look up the words below, and write the definition and the part-of-speech (POS) for each in your notebook. Then fill in the blanks below with the correct words.  For extra credit, write a new sentence using each word in your notebook.
grimace, delinquent (n/adj), circumvent, reminisce, juvenile (adj), defunct, speculate, delirious

  1. I was two weeks ___________ on my phone bill.
  2. Dally likes to find ways to ____________ the law.
  3. (2) JD stands for _____________     _______________.
  4. Grandpa Simpson likes to ___________ about his days as a soldier.
  5. He was a bit _________ after he got hit in the head during the rumble
  6. "What if I had a million dollars?" I ____________(ed).
  7. He __________(ed) when he whacked his thumb.
  8. The company that made that toy is now _____________.
  9. Some people see comic books as being very ____________, and not real adult literature.