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Blair's Test
"DMS" Walk Two Moons Test A
| term | definition | part of speech | sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| recklessness | not taking care | noun | Because of his ___, he took too many risks and ended up in the hospital following some skateboard tricks he tried without protective gear like a helmet and pads. |
| verb | the word in a sentence that shows the action (what a person or thing did) | noun | The action ___demonstrated in this sentence is the word "demonstrated". |
| cavort | jump about,to play and make merry | verb | In the summer the children ___ about in the water because they are so happy to be able to cool down in the hot sun. |
| ulcer | a sore, often can be formed in the stomach and cause bad pain | noun | He had to get medicine for his stomach ____ from the doctor. |
| adverb | a word in a sentence that tells more about the verb (action) in a sentence. Often ends in "ly". | noun | The ___ well demonstrated in this sentence is "well" because it tell how something was demonstrated. |
| pious | religious | adjective | The ___ woman said her prayers often and read her scriptures too. |
| somberly | in a gloomy manner, in a depressed or sad way | adverb | The crying child ___followed his parents up to the casket to view his grandfather who had died. |
| psychiatry | the practice of diagnosing (deciding if someone is) and treating mental disorders | noun | The lunatic was taken to the ___ clinic for treatment of his mental problem. |
| gorge | fortification or place that is protected | noun | We were concealed (could not be seen) and protected in the ___ so we felt safe. |
| scour | scrub, rub hard | verb | The cook had to ___ her pans to get them clean after burning the roast in the oven. |
| diabolic | having the qualities of the devil | adjective | Your ____ plot to take over the world will not work. |
| extensive | covering or extending over a great area | adjective | The ___ field of flowers in front of me covered the hillsides as far as I could see. |
| assemblage | people or things that are gathered together | noun | The __ of all of the students in the Third Street gym was for the purpose of listening to the band and choir perform. |
| adjective | a word that describes a noun | adjective | The best ___ I could find for this sentence is "best". |
| noun | the subject of a sentence, a person, place or thing | noun | I wrote the ___ "I" in this sentence. |
| lunatic | an insane person, person of unsound mind, a reckless person, crazy | noun | The ___ was put into a mental hospital because he was running around doing crazy things and could not take care of himself. |
| blackmail | extortion of payment, obtain by threat or force | noun | The woman confessed to ___ when she went to collect the money from the man she had threatened. |
| detect | discover, determine the existence or presence of | verb | I could ___ from your voice on the phone that you were very scared, so I drove to your house quickly to see what was the problem. |
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