Academic Words I -- achieve, acquire, affect, effect, consequently, consume, design, distinct, strategy, site, resource, potential, previous, perceive, maintain, vary, impact, proceed, principle, restrict, justify
The Academic Words Pretest consists of the week's warm ups. You must earn 19/20 for the week to be exempt from that portion of the test. You owe a sentence of your own for each word you miss on a warm up this week. Those sentences are due the next day IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. Thank you.
Vocabulary: 1. First, look up the words below, and write the definition and the part-of-speech (POS) for each in your notebook. 2. Then fill in the blanks below with the correct words. 3. New sentences of your own (in your notebook) are extra credit. Due Wednesday. dogged (adj), indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge (v), bluff (v)

  1. I ___________(ed) my mom to let me go to the movies.
  2. I was ____________ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
  3. Pony was ___________ when he thought of what life might be like in the country.
  4. I am _____________ of someone who promises me something for nothing.
  5. She is known for her _____________ determination. She never gives up.
  6. Listening to the stereo is not _____________ to studying.
  7. I tried to __________ my way out of trouble, but Mom wasn't buying my excuses.
  8. "Johnny and I __________(ed) ourselves on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits."
  9. The jury ____________(ed) the man, and he was set free.
  10. The storm finally ____________(ed), and the sun came out.

Academic Words I -- achieve, acquire, affect, effect, consequently, consume, design, distinct, strategy, site, resource, potential, previous, perceive, maintain, vary, impact, proceed, principle, restrict, justify
The Academic Words Pretest consists of the week's warm ups. You must earn 19/20 for the week to be exempt from that portion of the test. You owe a sentence of your own for each word you miss on a warm up this week. Those sentences are due the next day IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. Thank you.
Vocabulary: 1. First, look up the words below, and write the definition and the part-of-speech (POS) for each in your notebook. 2. Then fill in the blanks below with the correct words. 3. New sentences of your own (in your notebook) are extra credit. Due Wednesday. dogged (adj), indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge (v), bluff (v)

  1. I ___________(ed) my mom to let me go to the movies.
  2. I was ____________ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
  3. Pony was ___________ when he thought of what life might be like in the country.
  4. I am _____________ of someone who promises me something for nothing.
  5. She is known for her _____________ determination. She never gives up.
  6. Listening to the stereo is not _____________ to studying.
  7. I tried to __________ my way out of trouble, but Mom wasn't buying my excuses.
  8. "Johnny and I __________(ed) ourselves on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits."
  9. The jury ____________(ed) the man, and he was set free.
  10. The storm finally ____________(ed), and the sun came out.