Tom's Practice List

Question 1

INSULT

Answer 1

Question 2

COMPETE

Answer 2

also RACE, SPORTS

Question 3

PROMISE

Answer 3

Question 4

BOTHER

Answer 4

also ANNOY, HARASS
Directional

Question 5

COOPERATION

Answer 5

also Relationship

Question 6

MICROWAVE

Answer 6

Question 7

QUARREL

Answer 7

also ARGUE

Question 8

ESCAPE

Answer 8

Question 9

AFRICA

Answer 9

https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=48

Question 10

SOUTH AFRICA

Answer 10

https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=4344

Question 11

RHINO

Answer 11

Question 12

ELEPHANT

Answer 12

Question 13

GIRAFFE

Answer 13

Question 14

BOAST

Answer 14

also SHOW OFF, BRAG, SWAGGER

Question 15

INFORM

Answer 15

Question 16

ASSOCIATE WITH

Answer 16

also SOCIALIZE / EACH OTHER / ONE ANOTHER / HANG OUT-[open-A-hand-version]:
ASSOCIATE can be produced by utilizing the “open-A” handshape or the “5” handshape.

Question 17

SERIOUS

Answer 17

Question 18

CHALLENGE

Answer 18

variation of the “GAME” sign.
This variation uses a bigger, faster, movement and more facial expression. The movement is definitely a single movement

Question 19

CARELESS

Answer 19

Question 20

COPY

Answer 20

Question 21

LIGHT (Weight)

Answer 21

Question 22

OWE

Answer 22

also bill / debt / afford:

Question 23

TEMPT

Answer 23

Question 24

SQUIRREL

Answer 24

Question 25

AIRPLANE

Answer 25

also AIRPORT
FLY/TRIP (with one motion) PILOT with person sign

Question 26

NOTICE

Answer 26

This sign can mean:

“…to notice something or someone”
“…to recognize something or someone”
“…to detect something”
“…to spot someone or something”
“spied”
“it caught my eye”

Question 27

AMERICA

Answer 27

Think of log cabins or log fences.
Interlock your fingers and then move your hands in a circle. The movement is as if you stirring soup in a pot.

Question 28

GOVERNMENT

Answer 28

Question 29

ACCEPT

Answer 29

Question 30

BUILD

Answer 30

Question 31

SAFE

Answer 31

Question 32

DANGER

Answer 32

Question 33

STRANGE

Answer 33

also odd / unusual / bizarre

Question 34

WAR

Answer 34

Question 35

KEEP

Answer 35

Question 36

SATISFIED

Answer 36

Memory aid: Imagine that you have eaten a good meal and your are now satisfied because the food is “up to here.”

Question 37

RELIEVED

Answer 37

Like SATISFIED - palm-down flat hands (one above the other) held to your torso and then moved downward. The sign starts with a very slight pause then has a quick downward movement and a slight hold at the end. It is common to do this sign while exhaling and showing a sense of relief with your facial expressions and body language.

Question 38

DARK

Answer 38

Question 39

SHOES

Answer 39

Question 40

CELEBRATE

Answer 40

circling “X”-hands above your head as if twirling pom-poms similar to what would be done by a cheerleader.

Question 41

THIRSTY

Answer 41

Question 42

CHEAP

Answer 42

Question 43

EXPENSIVE

Answer 43

Think of “throwing money away.

Question 44

IMPOSSIBLE

Answer 44

Use a skeptical facial expression.

Question 45

CHEESE

Answer 45

Question 46

POWERFUL

Answer 46

open claw slam onto non-dom arm (bicep area)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAq9ZW4sdQ

Question 47

VULNERABLE

Answer 47

Able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked; helpless; defenseless; powerless

Question 48

SOBER

Answer 48

Question 49

DRY

Answer 49

Question 50

GOD

Answer 50

Question 51

WORRY

Answer 51

Question 52

STOP

Answer 52

Question 53

AGREE

Answer 53

Think Same

Question 54

DISAGREE

Answer 54

sign AGREE but pull Index fingers apart at end

Question 55

TRUE BIZ

Answer 55

Question 56

CHAMP

Answer 56

Question 57

BEAR, TOLERATE, ENDURE, put up with

Answer 57

pull down to chin