Grade 8 - Vocabulary Lesson 6

The English teacher issued each student a(an)_____________ of American literature.

• grit
• anthology
• diminution
• salvo

The villian built a laser as part of his ______ plan to care a gigantic portrait.

• vicarious
• menial
• conciliatory
• ludicrous

She felt that it was too nice outside to finish the __________ job of cleaning the basement.

• pessimistic
• vicarious
• ludicrous
• menial

Few of the books at the store suited her taste for ______________ literature.

• conciliatory
• esoteric
• tentative
• pessimistic

The pill ______________ Susan's back pains.

• yearned
• alleviated
• ransacked
• repudiated

The tropical fish seemed  to glow because of the _________ of the chemicals beneath their colorful scales.

• phospherescence
• salvo
• grit
• anthology

The _________ child usually gives up early because he is certain that he is never going to win.

• pessimistic
• tentative
• vicarious
• esoteric

In a display of true _______, the soldier ignored his injuries and carried his friend to safety.

• salvo
• conciliatory
• grit
• phosphorescense

The author endured a ____________ of complaints just one day after her controversial book went on sale.

• salvo
• anthology
• ransack
• diminution

The old man ___________ to return to the simpler days of his youth.

• alleviated
• gritted
• yearned
• ransacked