Grade 8 - Vocabulary Lesson 2

She ______________the centerpiece with a dozen fresh wildflowers.
Henry ___________ his fishing story so much that no one believed he had even caught a fish.
syn: verb - adorn; beautify
syn: exaggerate; aggrandize   
(ant: understate; minimize)

• alluded
• ingratiated
• embellished
• maligned

He thought he would be promoted sooner if he ________________ himself to the boss.
syn: toady; flatter
(ant: alienate; irk)

• transcended
• embellished
• ingratiated
• maligned

During his speech, he made an _________ to classical mythology by describing someone's efforts as being Herculean.
syn: suggestion; hint
(ant: reference)

• allusion
• ferment
• sage
• lassitude

Refusing to stop on the verge of discovery, the ________ scientist worked through his second night without sleep.
syn: gaunt; fatigued
(ant: refreshed; invigorated)

• voluminous
• philistine
• haggard
• ramshackle

The students paled when they saw the _________ book they had to read during summer break.
syn: capacious; sizable; extensive
(ant: scant; small; minute)

• wistful
• voluminous
• malign
• chronic

Management fired the outspoken worker for causing _________ in the factory.
The apples on the ground ______ beneath the hot summer sun.
syn: noun - uproar; commotion; turmoil
(ant: peace; tranquility)

• embellish, embellished
• ferment, fermented
• allusion, alluded
• lassitude

Opal visited the doctor after experiencing ________ for three consecutive days.
syn: listlessness; exhaustion
(ant: vigor; vitality)

• philistine
• haggard
• denunciation
• lassitude

She resigned her position shortly after her ________ of her employer's policy.
syn: criticism; condemnation
(ant: acclamation; commendation)

• allusion
• denunciation
• sage
• philistine

True friendship _____________ jealousy, so Lisa was happy despite having lost the lead part in the play to her best friend.
syn: exceed; surpass
(ant: follow; trail)

• transcends
• maligns
• ingratiates
• embellishes

The worker was fired when he _______ his company in a letter to a newspaper.
syn: defame  (ant:praise; extol; laud)
The sinister look in her eye revealed her _________ intentions.
syn: destructive; malevolent
(ant: benign; benevolent; good)

• saged, sage
• maligned, malign
• transcended 
• fermented, ferment