1. 7 Week 9 Astute (adj): clever; shrewd; not easily fooled Adv: astutely N: astuteness

2. Avert (v): to turn away; to prevent N: aversion Adj: avertable, avertible

3. Presume (v): to take for granted; assume; suppose; to do with boldness or without permission Adj: presumptuous Adv: presumptously Adv: presumedly

4. Upright (adj): vertical; righteous, honest, just Adv: uprightly N: uprightness

5. Tamper (v): to meddle, especially to damage; to make changes especially to falsify Adj: tampered N: tamperer

6. Hybrid (n): offspring of two different breeds or varieties; something coming from a combination different sources Adj: describing something coming from different sources

7. Gratify (v): to give pleasure to; to satisfy N: gratification Adj: gratifiable

8. Simple Sentence: a sentence made up of only on independent clause. – Careful! It may still have other phrases in it!