8th grade vocabulary review 6-10

The math task was very _________, but I finally figured it out.

• renown
• loathe
• facetious
• arduous

There were several _____________ made in the article, but there were also similarities.

• renown
• solitude
• irrelevant
• distinctions

Mr. Young was _____________________ the building of a new community center. He spoke at several town meetings.

• advocating
• formidable
• suffrage
• deter

Shawn tried to ________ his brother from sledding down the steep driveway because there were several trees at the bottom.

• dubious
• deter
• gregarious
• verbatim

Mrs. Tilley had to count points off because Sam didn't recite the preamble __________.

• illuminate
• profound
• verbatim
• initiate

Which  has the more positive _____________?  broke/temporarily out of funds

• denotation
• connotation
• deployed
• theme

My father's decision was ______________; he was not about to change his mind. 

• initiate
• irrevocable
• dubious
• exhilirating

When questioned about the robbery, the suspect's memory was _____________.

• dubious
• irrevocable
• paralysis
• deter

Skiing down the slope was ____________; it made Tamra feel alive.

• deter
• dubious
• exhilarating
• paralysis

The answer was _______________ when I read the text a second time.

• verbatim
• illuminated
• formidable
• epicenter