1. soldier : obedient :: artist : *_________
2. story : narrative :: 2nd draft : *__________
3. portable : movable :: credible : *_________
4. hopeful : bleak :: proud : **________
5. rules : requirements :: happiness : **________
6. (2) cool : good :: dig : **_______   Hint: slang
   

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.

Vocabulary Pretest #1 - 8/28/13." Write the word in your notebook. You will use one word twice.
connotation, denotation, bliss, infer, bleak, nonchalant, gingerly, rueful, delinquent, savvy, conform, fathom, sage

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

a) Read the definitions of the word delinquent. Read the poem. Read it again.
b) Respond to the poem in your notebook; at least three sentences or so. Be sure to put title (of the poem) and date, just as you should for KBAR.  Here are some things to think about:
What does he really mean by stout?  And, "it's not just stomach sticking out"?
What qualities do we associate with animals like the ones he compares Julie to?
What's his point?
c) Check responses against rubric.