Warm Up 8/29/12. Copy into notebook. * = spelling word  ** = vocabulary word

1. locker : storage :: *_______ : security
2. soldier : obedient :: artist : *_________
3. story : narrative :: 2nd draft : *__________
4. portable : movable :: credible : *_________
5. hopeful : bleak :: proud : **________
6. rules : requirements :: happiness : **________

Go over vocabulary homework.

Vocabulary Pretest #1. Click only, but I suggest you write your answers down so you can check your clicking AND so you can study for the test.
The vocabulary portion of the test on Friday will be pretty much copied and pasted from this pretest and the ** warm ups.
 "Cheat" Sheet? Ask the RAFFLE KING. 13/13 means you can skip the vocabulary portion of the test on Friday. 10/13 or better = extra credit.

1. My friend has a lot of basketball __________. He just seems to have a natural feel for the game. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conformity  e) sage
2. "I touched the bruise on my cheek  ____________." a) bliss  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
3. The coach accused me of being too __________ at practice. He thought I should take the game more seriously.  a) denotation  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
4. "He liked fights, blondes, and for some (un)___________(able) reason, school." Nobody could understand why school was on that list. a) sage  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
5. After the accident, her outlook on life became very_________. She seemed to have no hope any more. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) bliss
6. "I wish I had done my homework," I thought__________(ly). a) sage  b) blissful  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
7. "Ignorance is ____," they say. What you don't know can't make you unhappy. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) bliss
8. I was able to ________ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
9. A person who doesn't like to ____________ to the group is often called an outsider. a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conform  e) sage
10. The _______ of a word is its dictionary definition. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
11. The _______ of a word is what it makes you think of.  a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
12. Jimmy nodded his head ___________(ly), and said, "It would have been wiser to have someone pick you up." a) rueful  b) gingerly  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
13. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ________ of a hoodlum who breaks windows and such. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom