1. After the disputed call, the referees all _____(ed), {and they finally decided the play would stand}.
2. _____ studying all night, he still failed {the test}.
3. Mr. Coward _______(ed) a new fine of a dollar {for failing to bring your homework}.
4. The tea ceremony was a _____ handed down {through his family for generations}.
5. His simple plan had only four _______(s).
6. Your skeleton is the ________ of your body.

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   philosophy, hence, concentrate, contrast, attribute, adequate, equate
7. {"He always had to get his two-bits' worth in. ____ his name." }
8. {Ouch! From the looks of the grade, it doesn't look like you did  ____ preparation for the test.}
9. {The Red Cross volunteers decided to _____ their efforts on the worst-hit areas first.}
10. {Mr. McCheese's style __________(s) sharply with that of Mrs. ElQueso. He  never lets us jabber like that.}

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    Copy and finish the following statement about the color red.
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Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

1. Sometimes Jhonny had ____, and would get up and look at the stars in the middle of the night.   a) dissent  b) revelation  c) insomnia  d) fluster  e) scapegoat
2. The replays of the auto wreck _____ TV watchers all over the country.  a) assented  b) transfixed  c) insomnia  d) revelation  e) scapegoated
3. "You're standing here all set to crucify--all set to find a _____--all desperate to point some kind of a finger at a neighbor."  a) fluster  b) revelation  c) metamorphosis  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat
4. "They'll probably think we're crazy or something. A little power failure and right away we get all ____ (ed) and everything."  a) assent  b) revelation  c) metamorphosis  d) fluster  e) scapegoat
5. "In this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward performing a _______ that changes people from a group into a mob."  a) persistent  b) revelation  c) metamorphosis  d) idiosyncrasy  e) transfixed
6. Almost everybody has one or more _____(s) that people who don't know them would consider "weird."  a) dissent  b) assent  c) metamorphosis  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat
7. The little boy is very ____; when he wants something, he keeps trying and trying. a) persistent  b) revelation  c) flustered  d) idiosyncrasy  e) transfixed
8. The last book of the Bible is called ______(s), and it's where the writer reveals visions of the end of the world. a) scapegoat  b) revelation  c) fluster  d) idiosyncrasy  e) transfix
9. Congress passed the bill unanimously, without _______.   a) persistent  b) revelation  c) flustered  d) assent  e) dissent
10. Though third period was very _________ in their begging, Mr. Coward... a) dissent  b) transfixed  c) flustered  d) persistent  e)  transfixed
11. ...refused to _________ to their requests.   a) flustered b) revelation  c) dissent  d) assent  e) fluster
12. In professional sports, the coach is often the ____ for a team's bad performance, even if it isn't always his fault.  a) metamorphosis  b) revelation  c) flustered  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat