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Do Now - October 23-27 2017
Do Now - October 23-27 2017
Instructions: If the word (or a form of the word) in bold fits in a sentence in the group below it, select
the sentence(s). (You may mark more than one answer choice.) Mark d for none of the above.
31. enclave
a) Several heads of state attended the ____ that was held in Geneva.
b) The rebels were confined to one small ____ in the mountains.
c) Each ethnic group in the city inhabits its own little ____.
32. illicit
a) Numerous letters and phone calls failed to ____ a reply.
b) The authorities attempted to stamp out the ____ hunting of elephants for their
ivory tusks.
c) The funds were raised by ____ means and, therefore, must be returned to the
donors.
33. insatiable
a) The ____ demand for grazing areas is destroying the worlds forests.
b) The group claims to have almost ____ resources to put into the project.
c) Hes very thin although he has an ____ appetite.
Do Now- Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Instructions: If the word (or a form of the word) in bold fits in a sentence in the group below it, select
the sentence(s). (You may mark more than one answer choice.) Mark d for none of the above.
34. emaciate
a) The soil in these parts is so ____ that nothing will grow.
b) Prolonged fasting had left him weak and ____.
c) The soup they served was so ____ it tasted like cabbage water.
35. affinity
a) Her ____ for animals led her to consider becoming a veterinarian.
b) Parallel lines stretch to ____ without ever meeting.
c) Lincolns ____ for politics showed itself at an early age.
36. proselytize
a) He ____ that the Bears would go to the Super Bowl within the next five years.
b) Group members ____ by going from door to door handing put pamphlets.
c) That society for animals encourages people to ____ on behalf of endangered
species.
Do Now- Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Instructions: Select the word that best completes the analogy.
38. particular : fussy ::______ : subservient 41. son : nuclear :: ______ : extended
a. meek a. father
b. above b. mother
c. cranky c. cousin
d. uptight d. daughters
47. bog : ______ :: slumber : sleep 50. miserly : cheap :: homogeneous :____
a. dream a. extravagant
b. foray b. unkind
c. marsh c. alike
d. night d. friendly