1. * cheap : inexpensive :: valuable : ______
2. * heavy : light :: abrupt : ______
3. * lazy : failure :: _____ : success
4. ** tasty : repulsive :: obvious : _______
5. ** compliment : insult :: congratulate : ______

Vocabulary Pretest.

1. Aunt Polly ____(ly) watched the bottle of Painkiller to make sure Tom was taking it.  a) rebuke  b) dire  c) ostentatious  d) clandestine  e) repulsive
2. Tom _________(ed) around in his sleep as he dreamed of being chased. a) dire  b) pervade  c) rebuke  d) miscreant  e) writhe
3. Kendra's huge earrings were too __________ for the funeral. a) dire  b) ostentatious  c) repulsive  d) rebuke  e) vagrant
4. A real love of learning ________(ed) the enthusiastic teacher's classroom.  a) dire  b) pervade  c) prophecy  d) miscreant  e) writhe
5. In her soliloquy on p2, Aunt Polly _________(s) herself for not being strict enough with Tom.  a) dire  b) ostentatious  c) repulsive  d) rebuke  e) vagrant
6. "For plainly this ______ had sold himself to Satan and it would be fatal" to mess with him.  a) dire  b) pervade  c) rebuke  d) miscreant  e) writhe
7. According to Tom's superstition, a stray dog's howl is a ________  ________ of death.  a) repulsive vagrant  b) clandestine miscreant  c) dire prophecy  d) dire miscreant  e) repulsive pervade
8. The _______ (and smelly) _______ was last seen confronting people and begging for money outside the liquor store. a) repulsive, vagrant  b) clandestine, miscreant  c) dire, prophecy  d) dire, miscreant  e) clandestine, pervade
9. There was an all-________(ing) gloom in the graveyard, that made the boys fearful.  a) dire  b) pervade  c) rebuke  d) miscreant  e) prophecy
10. The origin of this word means to push away.  a) rebuke  b) dire  c) ostentatious  d) clandestine  e) repulsive
11. Cian waved the white clicker around rather _______(ly), eager to let everyone know he had it for the week.  a) dire  b) ostentatious  c) repulsive  d) rebuke  e) vagrant
12. Some people's grades are in a _________ situation, and those people are in danger of not passing.  a) rebuke  b) dire  c) ostentatious  d) clandestine  e) pervading

1. The soccer team ____ putting on their cleats.  a) is  b) are
2. The soccer team ___ won the championship. a) has  b) have
3. All the Twelves ___ excited about their Assignments.  a) was  b) were
4. Language and communications ___ Lily's favorite class.  a) was  b) were
5. One-fifth of sixth period ___ received detention.  a) has  b) have
6. Three-fifths ___ ____%.  a) equal  b) equals
7. The majority of voters ___ young people.  a) is  b) are
8. The news for third period ___ not good.  a) was  b) were
9. Ten cents ___ the fine for dropping your clicker. a) is  b) are  (Not that anyone pays, or anything.)
10. The answer to the second blank in #6 is... a) 35  b) 45  c) 60  d) 65  e) NOTA