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Blair's Test
"DMS" Miracle Worker Test A
| term | definition | sentences |
|---|---|---|
| famished | starving, hungry | Helen was ___, but until she used the spoon correctly she was not allowed to eat. |
| rambunctious | noisy, difficulty to handle | The scene at the table showed how ___ Helen was and how her teacher, Anne, found it so hard to control her because Helen had been allowed by her family to eat with her hands from their plates. |
| groping | searching about blindly, moving with hands in front of you to try and find something | Helen went ___ about blindly trying to get from one place to another without falling or tripping. |
| crescendo | increase, louder | Sometimes the stage directions at the start of a new act would indicate a ___ in music or lights so more was heard or seen and the mood of the act would change. |
| protrude | overhang, stick out | Helen had one eye that would ____ out, so she would wear dark glasses because people did not like to look at her eyes. |
| flank | to occupy a position at the right or left side | The stage directions indicated that one character needed to ____ the other character while on stage. |
| baffled | perflexed, not sure | Helen's teacher was ___ by the way Helen's family would allow Helen to roam around the table eatng from all of their plates. |
| indolent | lethargic | The Captain though his son was ___ because he didn't get out and do any work. |
| benign | kind | Helen's mother was ___ when she put buttons on Helen's doll so that it would have eyes. |
| text | manuscript, piece of writing | Anne read a ___ of another blind and deaf girl who had learned sign language. |
| vigil | to watch over | Helen's mom kept a ____ over Helen when she was ill as a baby until the fever had passed. |
| disheveled | messy, sloppy | Helen's clothing and hair were ____ most of the time because she could not take care of herself before Anne came to teach her. |
| lethargic | lazy | Anne definitely was not ___ like James because she was working all of the time with Helen and was exhausted because she was so busy. |
| perplexed | confused | Helen was ___ by Anne's treatment of her at the breakfast table. |
| manuscript | text, handwritten author's work that is not printed | The Captain sent a ____ to the Perkins Institute to see if they could send a teacher to help Helen. |
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