Unit 1 Vocabulary - 8th grade

My mother found my messy dirty room to be a/an ____________.

• malevolent

• risque

• inclement

• atrocity

I found the medicine to be __________ against the common cold, so I continued to suffer.

• precarious

• ineffectual

• irksome

• dire

The cat found itself in a ______________ position atop the 60 feet tree.

• despicable

• reprisal

• precarious

• flagrant

My sister refuses to listen to our parents and has a ___________ disregard for authority.

• inclement

• flagrant

• irksome

• unseemly

The ____________ man threw his trash on the ground and knocked over the trash cans.

• despicable

• flagrant

• irksome

• malevolent

The medium felt the presence of a ___________ spirit in the old house.

• dire

• ineffectual

• reprisal

• malevolent

After failing my last test, I found my grades in _______ need of "A's".

• irksome

• dire

• unseemly

• atrocity

The students found the movie to be very __________ to be shown at school due to several graphic scenes.

• risque

• precarious

• inclement

• ineffectual

My brother finds my questions about his girlfriend ___________ and often refuses to talk to me.

• precarious

• reprisal

• irksome

• despicable

Under threat of _____________ from the principal for skipping school, I decided that I should learn to do what he says.

• inclement

• reprisal

• unseemly

• flagrant