1. ** fear : pluck :: mourning : _____
2. ** flounder : fish :: ________ : encyclopedia
3. ** pretty : ugly :: rational : ______
4. ** wander : meander :: rush : _____
5. ** exact : approximate  ::  nonchalant : _____
6. According to the Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla video, what is the purpose of pronouns?
   

Vocabulary Pretest #13. Write the word. You might use words more than once. You might not use them all.
flounder, conscientious, meddle, efficacy, revelry, whorl, meander, bustle, ample, compendium, daft, pluck, taunt, moiling

1. Esteban's project was almost finished, and then his mother started to ______ with it. He was up all night fixing it.
2. Jane the Midwife _____(ed) into the room and quickly took charge of the situation.
3. Sometimes the _____ of a cure lies in the mind of the person who believes it will work.
4. After a large dinner and two _______ servings of pie, I was a little overly full.
   
5. He wasn't a very ______ student so his grades were not very good.
6. The field full of flowers was a ______ of color as the wind blew them this way and that.
7. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will _____ in high school.
8. The holiday season is a time for _____  and for quiet family gatherings. (not bustle)
9. Since there was no specific topic, the discussion _________(ed) on for hours and never got anywhere.
   
10. (2) The _______(y) young girl stood up to the bully who was ______(ing) her, and he backed down.
    
11. My friend was such a _________ of information, we called him the Encyclopedia Guy.
    
12. Many times organizations try new things and make major changes without testing the _______ of the changes. Sometimes the changes make things worse instead of better.
13. He fell into the _______ river rapids and was quickly pulled under the water and down the river.
14. Your idea of using cats to pull your sled seems rather _______ to me.