Pretest 2A -- Academic Words II -- Due Tuesday: Choose the correct word for the blank. Each word is used once. 
**SSI ONLY: Due Friday: A sentence of your own for each word you missed, or pick 10 words to do sentences for, whichever is more. -- contribute, component, coordinate, convene, document, dominate, initial, scheme, outcome, specify, imply, justify, illustrate, consent, considerable, constrain, correspond, valid, sufficient, sequence
  1. The police said that the driver's use of alcohol ________(ed) to the crash.
  2. In order to prove his claim in court, he had to ________ everything that happened.
  3. He likes to talk loud, and tries to ________ every conversation with his long stories.
  4. When I first met him, my ________ impression was that he was a bit sloppy.
  5. Before you can appear on tv, you have to sign a __________ form that basically says that they have your permission.
  6. By the tone of his voice I could tell he was _________(ing) something he wasn't saying.
  7. The reasons he gave for the grade I received didn't seem ________. He couldn't really back them up with examples.
  8. Please try to recall the ________ of events. Which happened first, the chicken or the egg?
  9. Since you didn't ________ how you wanted your sandwich made, I made it the same as mine.
  10. In his speech, he ________(ed) all of the technical terms he used with examples.
  11. Usually, how far you get in life _________(s) to how hard you work at it.
  12. A major _________ of any good spelling program is PRACTICE!
  13. I hope you have a(n) ________ to get us out of this mess.
  14. One should hope that the _________ of a good spelling program would be better spelling.
  15. After what happened at the high school, a special meeting of the school board was _________(ed)
  16. How much money you spend should be __________(ed) by how much money you earn, but credit cards allow people to live beyond their means.
  17. Many people's weddings get so complicated, they need people to ________ all the tasks that need to get done on time.
  18. The police didn't have ________ evidence to charge him with the crime, so they had to let him go.
  19. The police report said that, because the man was holding a weapon, the use of force by the officer was _______(ed).
  20. The teacher said I was wasting my _____ talent for writing by playing videogames all day.
Vocabulary. Due Wednesday: a) Use a dictionary (online or otherwise) to match each word with the proper definition. b) Give the part of speech.
**SSI ONLY: Due Friday: A sentence of your own for each word. -- grimace, delinquent (n/adj), circumvent, reminisce, juvenile (adj), siege, defunct, delirious, premonition, exploit (n/v)
  1. overdue; or neglectful - word:                  POS:
  2. adventure  - word:                  POS:
  3. take advantage of  - word:                  POS:
  4. someone under the age of 18  - word:                  POS:
  5. a criminal, or someone who doesn't do what they're supposed to - word:                  POS:
  6. think about the good old days  - word:                  POS:
  7. dazed, crazy (sometimes with happiness)  - word:                  POS:
  8. to wince in pain  - word:                  POS:
  9. no longer functioning  - word:                  POS:
  10. a long-lasting attack  - word:                  POS:
  11. a feeling about the future; usually bad  - word:                  POS:
  12. childish  - word:                  POS: