Please note that this test will include review words from Chapter 1 and 2.
Review these before the test.
Part 1
Look up each of the
following words in a dictionary .In your notebook, write each word, its part(s)
of speech, and the meaning(s) you find in the dictionary .Use this information
to complete the exercises 'that follow.
21. attain
22. autocrat
23. automaton
24. badger
25. bayou
26. belligerent
27. benign
28. bewilder
29. bilingual
30. bisect
Read the vocabulary words in column A. Then choose
the definition from column B that best matches each word in column A Record your answer
in your vocabulary journal.
Column A Column B
|
1. attain 2. autocrat 3. automaton 4. badger 5. bayou 6. belligerent 7. benign 8. bewilder 9. bilingual 10. bisect |
(a) a robot; a person who
behaves like a robot (b) able to use two languages well; written or spoken in two languages (c) a marshy inlet or the
outlet of a river or of a lake in parts of the southern (d) a ruler with unlimited power; a dictator; a domineering person (e) not harmful; mild;
good natured (f)
n. a small burrowing animal with short legs, long claws, and a thick
coat; v. to pester; to nag (g) to divide into two
equal parts (h) warlike; ready to
fight (i)
to baffle; to puzzle; to confuse (j) to gain by hard work;
to achieve; to reach |
Find the word from the following
list that answers each question below. Write this word in your journal.
attain bayou
bilingual
automaton benign
1. What do you do when you
achieve something?
2. Which word describes a person who speaks two languages equally well?
3. What is a marshy inlet in the southern
4. What might you call someone whose actions seem mechanical
?
5. Which word describes a
mild, good-natured disposition?
Follow the directions for
Part A.
Autocrat badger belligerent
bewilder bisect
6. Which word describes someone who always wants to fight?
7. What do you do to something when you divide it into two equal parts?
8. What is another word for
a dictator?
9. Which word means
"to baffle"?
10. What do you do when you
nag someone?
Each sentence below needs one of the words from the vocabulary list to
complete its meaning. Find the missing word and write it in your journal.
1.
Manuel, who is __________ speaks both Spanish and English.
2. Did you work very hard to
__________ your
goal ?
3. In the science-fiction
movie, the ___________ was more efficient than the human characters, but it had no
emotions.
4. Some rivers ___________
cities, as the
5. Despite its ____________ appearance, the camel tried
to bite 'its handler.
6. This difficult crossword puzzle will
___________ all but the most advanced solvers.
7. "Weep No More My
Lady" is a short story set in the swampy, isolated __________country of
8. The tennis player tried to ___________ the umpire into changing his
call.
9. The __________ dog chased
Henry out of the yard.
10. The _________ ran the country with an iron
hand