1. If you don't know whether it's a word or not, ________ your dictionary.  a) notion  b) enforce  c) generate  d) sustain  e) consult
2. If you make excuses for a person with destructive behavior, they call that _________(ing).  a) logic  b) enable  c) sustain  d) conflict  e) generate
3. Some people still have the ______ that the whole flight to the moon was a fake.  a) entity  b) clause  c) revenue  d) notion  e) capacity
4. Soon you will have to _______ your own ideas for writing.  a) sustain  b) generate  c) consult  d) retain  e) transit
5. Somewhere, in _________ between home and school, I lost my wallet.  a) orient  b) revenue  c) transit  d) retain  e) generate
6. Even after he sold the business, he _______(ed) a small part of it.   a) consult  b) sustain  c) amend  d) retain  e) transit

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Vocabulary Pretest. NO CHEAT SHEET!

1. If you search more methodically, instead of so _________(ly), you will be more likely to find whatever you're looking for.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulgent
2. Everyone in the library politely tried to __________ their giggles when Mr. Marinello walked into the wall.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulge
3. The Giver described Rosemary's eyes as being __________, unlike the dull eyes of the rest of the people of the community.  a) luminous  b) magnitude  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) suppressed
4. The belly dancer glided __________(ly) across the room.  a) escalate  b) cult  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) indulgent
5. He is so _________ when he plays baseball, he is just fun to watch.  a) magnitude  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) anguished
6. After the police mishandled the fight, it __________(ed) into a riot. a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) magnitude  d) sinuous  e) cult
7. Jonas will soon find out  the ________ that war causes.  a) magnitude  b) exuberant  c) escalator  d) cult  e) anguish
8. In 1978, 900 members of the __________ of followers of Jim Jones committed suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid.  a) anguish  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) cult
9. The Pills _________ the Stirrings, as well as deep emotions.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) magnitude  d) suppress  e) indulge
10. The _________ of Bill Gates's wealth is staggering. On average, since 1986, he has made over $3700 per minute, 24 hours a day.  a) escalate  b) magnitude  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) indulgent
11. At the Ceremony, instead of frowning at the disturbance, all the adults __________(ed) the little ones up front, and chuckled at their squalling and squirming.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulge

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Wednesday, 1/12/11 - EIGHTH GRADE
Academic Words 5-3. Click and Copy.

1. You can't be _________ if you want to learn anything, you must play an active role in the process.  a) converse  b) coincide  c) coherent  d) mediate  e) passive
2. If 3 + 5 =  8, then the ________ is also true; 5 + 3 = 8.  a) inherent  b) mutual  c) medium  d) compatible  e) converse
3. The sailor was thrown in the brig for (in)_______(ion) for disobeying the captain's order.  a) subordinate  b) accommodate  c) supplement  d) converse  e) concurrent
4. The date of the concert ____________(ed) with my brother's wedding, so I missed the wedding. a) inherent  b) coincide  c) medium  d) concurrent  e) coherent
5. They say if you work hard enough you can ______________ any goal you desire.  a) behalf  b) converse  c) supplement  d) coincide  e) attain
6. As a senior in high school he (was an overachiever who) was also ______(ly) enrolled in classes Cuesta.  a) inherent  b) coincide  c) medium  d) concurrent  e) coherent

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Vocabulary Pretest. NO CHEAT SHEET. liaison, connoisseur, putrid, fixation, hawk, succinct, oscillate, graft, demented

1. The government doesn't like us here. We have to pay big ________ to keep our business.
2. Even though the fluorescent lights look like they are continuously lit, they are really __________(ing) between on and off 60 times per second.
3. Please try to be as ___________ as possible when you explain your qualifications in the interview.
4. The _________ took one look at the "antiques" at the auction, and left.
5. The SLOPD employs several college student ____________(s) to help them keep parties from getting out of control.
6. Sigmund Freud said that we all start life with an oral _________. That's why babies suck their thumbs.
7. His speech at the meeting was very ________, so we got out of there on time.
8. Most of the criminals on CSI are ___________ in some way.
9. After several skin __________(s), his burns started to heal.
10. On CSI, they often have to handle corpses that have become _________. (EWWW.)
11. Many web sites have pop-up ads that __________ useless merchandise and services.

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