1. beach
2. echo
3. roof
4. medium
5. A
6. Elvis
7. secretary of defense
8. Kennedy
9. thesis
10. person

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11. Alex
12. they
13. us
14. Jack and Jill  (wedding)
15. Tristan and Carter (grades)

Academic Words VII-III. Copy 1-6.
advocate, submit, extract, comprehensive, successor, differentiate, contrary, innovate, confirm, convert, simulate, prohibit, ultimate

1. The dying dictator has not yet named a ______. {Nobody is sure who will rule after he is dead.}
2. ______ to popular belief... {...there is no Easter Bunny.}
3. {I hope you know...} ...how to ______ a fraction into a decimal. {Otherwise, you won't pass this class.}
4. {Teachers these days are being asked to...} ...______ instruction for various levels of students.
5. Please _______ your 600 words... {...by the end of the period tomorrow.}
6. Your lawyer is  your ________ in the courtroom... {...and pleads your case.} 

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7. {The training the employee received was NOT __________; it only covered the bare basics of the job.}
8. {There was a rumor going around school, but it was just (un)__________(ed) gossip.}
9. {The employees at Google are encouraged to _________, and come up with new ideas.}
10. {The police can't resort to torture to ________ a confession from a suspect. In the case of seventh graders, however...}

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

1. There was nothing that could ______ the intense seasickness Charlotte had for the first few days of the voyage. a) breach  b) rash  c) quell  d) docile  e) decorum
2. Who would be called the most punctilious?  a) people in detention  b) Dally c) Mr. Marinello  d) The Elders of The Community
3. Who would be called the most sardonic?  a) Mr. Coward  b) Alyce c) Mrs. Frost  d) your counselor
4. Fifth period's behavior was ________ for the sub, and they got an 11!   a) rash  b) unimpeachable  c) decorum  d) breach  e) quell
5. Third period observed none of the rules of politeness and _____, and that is why they got a 5 from the sub.  a) punctilious  b) breach  c) sardonic  d) decorum  e) vigilant
6. Another reason second period got such a high mark from the sub, was that they didn't do anything ___ or reckless.   a) punctilious  b) breach  c) sardonic  d) rash  e) vigilant
7. They even ______(ly) put name, date and title on all the papers they turned in.  a) rash  b) decorum  c) punctilious  d) implacable  e) sardonic
8. No matter how first period tried to coax him, Mr. Coward was ________, and refused to allow a cheat sheet. a) rash  b) docile  c) punctilious  d) implacable  e) sardonic
9. There was a _____ in the dam, and water poured through.  a) punctilious  b) breach  c) sardonic  d) decorum  e) vigilant
10. A prison guard always has to be ______, and make sure nothing escapes his attention.  a) vigilant  b) rash  c) quell  d) unimpeachable  e) docile
11. A prison guard always has to be watchful and wary, and make sure to immediately ___ any sign of a revolt.   a) vigilant  b) rash  c) quell  d) unimpeachable  e) docile
12. "Yeah, sure. That'll work. Not." I said  ____(ally). a) rash  b) docile  c) punctilious  d) implacable  e) sardonic
13. The Elders of The Community liked their people _______. a) rash  b) quell  c) sardonic  d) decorum  e) docile

Charlotte.