Thursday, 2/20/03
Warm Up. Copy into notebook.
  1. (1/2) *color : visual :: scent : ____________
  2. (1/2) *large : petite :: dismayed : ___________
  3. (1/2) trivial : adjective :: via : ___________
  4. (1/2) Mercury : __________ :: Earth : Mars
  5. (1) intentionally inaccurate statement =
  6. (1) monthly accommodation payment =
  7. (1) governmental revenue($) enhancement = 
Correct Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. -- dismay, trivial, jovial, disposition, rigmarole, olfactory, via, euphemism, euthanasia, hubris
  1. The Martians communicated _______ telepathy.
  2. (2) Santa Claus is usually portrayed as a __________, smiling, fat man with a very pleasant ____________.
  3. (2) The Earth men were greatly  ___________(ed) to find they had signed papers for ______________.
  4. A dog's _____________ system is thousands of times more sensitive than a human's.
  5. The mad scientist demonstrated his ________ by building a time machine and trying to change history.
  6. We spent the evening playing _________ Pursuit, trying to answer obscure questions.
  7. I heard about that rumor _____________ my friend Stevie.
  8. Tell it to me straight, without using any ______________(s).
  9. "...masks that smiled or masks that frowned, according to the owners' ___________."
  10. dismayed : jovial :: humility : __________
  11. _____________ is a rather ironic word, because its two parts seemingly contradict each other.
"Busy Prepositions" and "Mr. Morton"
  1. "In the morning, everyone stood around looking fresh, happy, and normal." Subject? Predicate? Prepositions?
  2. "The majority in this, as all, prevail." Subject? Predicate? Prepositions?
  3. "Half an hour later, Mr. Aaa, seated in his library sipping a bit of electric fire from a metal cup, heard the voices in the stone causeway." Subject? Predicate? Prepositions?


Finish "EMEN"