Spelling Review 4: Lessons 23-25

adj. giving information about how something or someone looks, sounds, etc.; describing with words what someone or something is like. Marjorie’s paragraph included many ___________ details about her favorite dessert.

• descriptive
• discriptiv
• descriptiv
• discriptive

n. the original copy of a play, book, or piece of music before it has been printed. The actor decided to audition for the play after reading the ____________.

• manuscript
• manuskript
• mannuscript
• manuscrippt

n. a written message from a doctor that officially authorizes someone to use a medicine or treatment; a medicine or drug that a doctor has authorized someone to use. The doctor wrote a ______________ for antibiotics for the sick child.

• prescription
• prescripshun
• prescriptione
• preskription

v. to write something quickly and in a way that makes it difficult to read; to draw lines and shapes that have no particular meaning in a quick and careless way. The teacher told him to write his spelling words, but all the child did was __________.

• scribble
• scrible
• skribble
• scribbel

v. to make a written copy; to write down something that is spoken. The secretary will ____________ the list from his boss’s recorder.

• transcribe
• transkribe
• trannscribe
• transcrybe

adj. of or relating to a whole group or class; not sold or made under a particular brand name. Despite the fact that Dad prefers name brands, Mom buys _________ food to save money.

• generic
• generik
• jeneric
• generick

adj. of, relating to, or made in your own country; relating to or involving someone’s home or family; relating to the work that is done in a person’s home. Granny was an expert on ___________ tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and sewing.

• domestic
• domestick
• damestic
• domestik

adj. having a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous; not easily done or achieved. The __________ young executive hoped to be president of the company someday.

• ambitious
• ambiteous
• ambitous
• ambishus

adj. inspiring respect and admiration; having high status. His new position at the university was more ___________ than his previous job.

• prestigious
• prestigeous
• prestigous
• prestigiouse

adj. neatly and methodically arranged. The teacher insisted on a straight and __________ line when walking in the hallway.

• orderly
• orderlie
• orderley
• orderlee