Jaki is a wonderful piano player. But Emily is more VERSATILE; she sings, acts, paints and writes poetry, and also plays the piano. What does the word VERSATILE mean?

We thought that Mrs. Kerner would be very DISTRAUGHT when told that Antonio broke Ms.Pate's pointer; however, she took the news very calmly. What does the word DISTRAUGHT mean?

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Ladies, please stop the name calling. There is no reason to act uncivil.

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

The shallow river was usually easy for hikers to

wade across. However, the

recent heavy rains had turned it into a rushing torrent, too treacherous to cross.

absorb : sponge : : repel : ________

thorax : _______ : : chest : human

respite:rest ::

Hero : Gallant :: Villan :

Swagger : Walk ::

Land : dirt :: sea : _______

Vivid is to dull as warm is to ____________

amateur : professional :: fiction : ___

Active: Idle::

Before the 1800's people didn't have right or left shoes. They had shoes of just one shape that they used for both feet. When people first saw right and left shoes, they laughed. They called them "crooked shoes." "What a silly idea," they said. You can tell that shoes before 1800:

Many breeds of dogs are used for work. In many cultures dogs are used to herd sheep. The dogs keep the flock from being attacked by animals such as wolves. They also keep sheep from wandering off. Sheepdogs are known for their loyalty and gentleness. Based on your reading of the text, you can INFER that:

Ordered pair (0,0) is also known as the ___.

In the ordered pair (7, 8), which number is the x-coordinate?

How do you write an ordered pair?

Which ship is 1 miles east and 10 miles north from the buoy?

What letter is located at (5, 7)

If you were to go 1 miles east and 4 miles north from the mall which gas station would you end up at?

Solve the following:

(2 + 7 - 1) ÷ 2²

(7 + 41) ÷ 2 – 15

15 + 7 × 2 – 11 + 35=

15 x 19 + 18 ÷ 6

What does 3² mean?

the property of being aggressive or forceful.

Neat is an antonym for this word

gloomy; bad tempered

The root geo means.

well behaved, easy to handle

If something is unwieldy, it is ________________________.

Identify the synonym OR word/phrases CLOSEST in meaning to the following word: intangible

The world that Buck enters is called "primordial" because it is

What does the word primordial mean?

Not all animals that live in the water are fish. Frogs and tadpoles, for example, spend part of their lives in water. They are amphibians, not true fish. Whales and seals are warm-blooded mammals. Some snakes live partly in water too. What is the main idea?

An octopus isn't fast enough to swim after a fish. The octopus must wait for a fish to swim by. When the fish comes within reach, the octopus whips out his long arm to grasp it. Then the octopus has a tasty meal. What is the main idea?

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning Excerpt

By Lemony Snicket

If you are interested in stories with happy endings,you would be better off reading some other book.In this book, not only is there no happy ending,there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire were intelligent children, and they were charming, and resourceful, and had pleasant facial features, but they were extremely unlucky, and most everything that happened to them was rife with misfortune, misery, and despair.I'm sorry to tell you this, but that is how the story goes.

What is the main idea?