Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You will use one word twice.
defray, futile, subjugate, disgruntled, foreboding, ostentatious, pandemonium, wallow, zeal

1. The Vegas high-roller always stays in the most ____________ suite he can find. He likes to show that money doesn't mean anything to him.
2. The pig _______(ed) around in the mud.
3. When Ponyboy lay down in the church that first night, he had a __________ that it wasn't going to work out at all.
4. My boy has been very ________(ous) about learning all there is to know about prehistoric life.
5. He washed the dishes with something less than __________, wishing the whole time he was somewhere else.
6. It is ________ to whine about things you can't change.
7. (3) There was _________ when the food ran out halfway through the party. People were very ____________; they couldn't remember a worse reception. And just when they thought it couldn't get any worse, the hosts tried to take up a collection to __________ the cost of what little there was.
8. '"Yankee gold,' wrote one Confederate officer, 'is fast accomplishing what Yankee arms could never achieve -- the ___________(ion) of our people.'"

1. RE: p358: Why are black holes black?
2. RE: p358: The topic sentence of a paragraph is usually the ______ sentence.
3. RE: p358: True or False? Project Phoenix is using telescopes to try to see life on other planets.
4. RE: p359: Which of these is an example the writer used to show that the empty lot is dangerous?  a) it has nasty weeds.  b) it is ugly.  c) there is a lot of broken glass.  d) there is a lot of trash.  e) all of the above.
5. (4) RE: p359: What are the four parts of a problem/solution essay?
• a) __________
• b) __________
• c) __________
• d) __________
6. RE: p361: Which of the following words does not signal order?  a) than.  b) first.  c) then.  d) finally.
7. (2) RE: p361: From 7:45 until 9:30, what did she do?
8. RE: p361: About how long was her day? a) 6 hours.  b) 7 hours.  c) 8 hours.  d) 9 hours.
9. RE: p361: How much did she get paid? a) Nothing.  b) Free food. c) $60.  d) $75.  e) It doesn't say.

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