Grade 8 ELA Final Exam-Vocabulary

An owl is considered a ______ animal since it hunts for its own food.

• menial

• tawdry

• predatory

• jaunty

Another word for crony would be _______.

• enemy

• friend

• adversary

• rival

A recluse is someone who is _______.

• withdrawn from society

• social

• outgoing

• a party goer

The two land owners reached a(n) _______ about their joint property.

• scoff

• barter

• rue

• accord

Which word is a synonym for calamitous?

• fortunate

• beneficial

• disasterous

• happiness

A person who switches to an opposing side is a(n) _______.

• waver

• doctrine

• turncoat

• acme

A _______ replaced the math teacher for today's lesson.

• proxy

• scavenger

• plummet

• stint

The girl's amazing ability to play the violin made people believe that she was a(n) _______.

• impunity

• bludgeon

• mien

• prodigy

The book was so interesting that it ______ everyone in the class when they read it aloud.

• engrossed

• devised

• entailed

• vexed

The _______ of the novel was dark and creepy castle that belonged to a vampire.

• gallantry

• milieu

• regale

• quirk