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Blair's Test
"DMS" Miracle Worker Test B
| terms | definitions | sentences |
|---|---|---|
| resurrection | rebirth, renewal, revitalize | Anne Sullivan felt she deserved a new life or a ___ because she had such a horrible childhood. |
| dishevelled | untidy, scuffy, unkempt | Helen's dress and hair were always ___ and dirty because she didn't know how to take care of herself. |
| famished | starving, ravenous, in need | After a huge battle with Anne at the table, Helen finally ate with a spoon because she was ____. |
| tyrant | dictator, despot, autocrat | The Captain sometimes acts like a ___, yelling and screaming at everyone and bossing others around. |
| compunction | reluctance, qualm, guilt | Mrs. Keller felt ___ for leaving Helen alone in the dining room with the teacher, but was glad in the end that she had allowed Annie to teach Helen how to eat correctly. |
| parasol | sun shade, umbrella | Mrs. Keller grabbed her ___ so that she could shade herself from the sun on the way to the train station in the carriage. |
| contemplate | consider, study, reflect, mull over | Mrs. Keller wanted the Captain to ____ sending another letter off to the Perkins Institute to ask for a teacher for Helen. |
| paroxysm | convulsion, fit, outburst | Taking the doll away from Helen resulted in a ____ of anger where Helen punched Anne in the mouth. |
| boon | advantage, bonus, help | Anne was such a ___ for the family because she was finally able to help Helen learn to communicate with her parents. |
| forlorn | pitiful, dejected, despondent | Mrs. Keller became ____ when Helen was taken to the garden house and kept away from her for several weeks. |
| exiled | send away, export, deport | Mrs. Keller did not being ___ from Helen because she had never been separated from her before and she felt like she was the only one that understood Helen. |
| devout | religious, devoted, spiritual | Anne was a ____ teacher who spent the rest of her life as Helen's companion and teacher. |
| elude | evade, avoid, dodge | Helen was able to ___ the teacher after punching her because she locked the teacher into her room. |
| asylum | refuge, sanctuary, safe place, hospital | Anne had been raised with her younger brother in an ___, and her brother had died in this awful place. |
| affliction | difficulty, burden, problem | Anne's ____ was her poor eye sight which caused her a lot of pain. |
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