(2012)
Spelling List #4. Theme? Pretest is Tuesday. Study...or not.
  1. The ballet seems to be the most difficult form of dance.
  2. Will you teach me your painting technique?
  3. The long hike left us weak with fatigue.
  4. The young actor was nervous about his debut.
  5. She is too tall to be called petite.
  6. An amateur boxer does not compete for money.
  7. The bride carried a beautiful bouquet of  flowers.
  8. A massage will relax those tight mussels.
  9. His antique chair is hundreds of years old.
  10. His directions were so vague --"Go for a little bit, untill you see a tree..."--that we got lost.
  11. Please sit still while I finish your portrait .
  12. The bus crawled along the crowded boulevard.
  13. Heavy rains filled the reservoirs, like Lake Nacimiento.
  14. The storm blew debris all over the yard.
  15. The dress boutique is having a sale.
  16. The view from the plateau is splendid.
  17. I have a coupon for a $1.99 pizza.
  18. The train leaves the depot at noon.
  19. Our names were engraved on the plaque by the door.
  20. Ponyboy had experienced too much to be called innocent or naive
  21. The criminal's actions were caught by the store surveillance camera.
  22. It was just a routine day nothing special hapenned.
  23. The singing ensemble made beautiful music.
  24. The road construction created a detour.
 Vocabulary Crossword

Across 
5. Uncertain, hesitant.
6. Obvious, easy to see.
9. Lazy.
10. Disquiet.
Down 
1. Complicated.
2. Harmless, gentle.
3. Calmness, coolness under pressure.
4. Causing great pain.
7. Gloomy and resentful
8. Out of date.
Vocabulary. Due Wednesday: 1) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word. 2) The above crossword. 3) **SSI only -- definitions in notebook. Sentences of your own are extra credit.
tentative, indolent, intricate, excruciating, benign, conspicuous, unnerve, sullen, composure, obsolete
  1. The guests admired the ___________ beadwork on the brides wedding gown. It must have taken that poor Chinese kid hundreds of hours.
  2. Typewriters have become ___________ because everyone now uses computers.
  3. The sight of the dead snake really _____________(ed) me...
  4. ...but the snake turned out to be ______________, good for the garden, and didn't even have teeth.
  5. Even in the middle of the raging battle, he never panicked or lost his ______________.
  6. Even though the pain was _________________, he never cried out.
  7. Some kids who were friendly when they were younger get _________ and resentful as they reach their teenage years.
  8. Because it had been raining so much, we __________(ly) planned the picnic for Saturday, also made other plans just in case.
  9. "It stood out like a sore thumb" is a way of saying something is _____________.
  10. He spent the summer very _____________(ly), sleeping in every day, doing almost nothing except lounging by the pool.