Unit 12 Vocabulary Test 8th grade

The security guard knew the group would try to create a distractive _______ in order to shoplift.

• tenet

• embargo

• ruse

• fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

After not eating during our eight hour drive to Maine, I had a ________ appetite.

• voracious

• teeming

• pivotal

• caustic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The turning point of a story is typically a __________ moment.

• capacious

• pivotal

• caustic

• tractable

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The first time I tried to ski, my movements were hesitant and ________.

• tractable

• voracious

• capacious

• ungainly

When you read blogs or editorial articles, be aware of any __________, as these articles can be based on opinions, not facts.

• fallacies

• levity

• mendicant

• embargo

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A healthy dose of ________ may help you to cope with difficult people or situations.

• embargo

• fallacy

• levity

• tenet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The queen will not allow her son to ________ his royal responsibilities, as he is the heir-apparent to the throne.

• teem

• abdicate

• bestow

• deface

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Florida and other warmer states ________ with visitors during the coldest months of the year.

• teem

• bestow

• negate

• crusade

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The one who receives a package is also called the __________.

• sender

• recipient

• crusade

• mendicant

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Some people who fall on hard times may have no choice but to become _________.

• crusades

• mendicants

• recipients

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E