8th Grade Vocab

Which word means briefness of duration; shortness; the quality of being concise or to the point?

• nostalgic

• affluent

• embellish

• brevity

shortness

• density

• intend

• brevity

• emaciated

briefness or conciseness in speech or writing

• affable
• brevity
• arrogant
• cliche

reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect

• reverence

• trounced

• dilapidated

• liable

My old sweater was _________________ and full of holes,

but I found it comforting and loved to wear it.

• belligerent

• sagely

• inadvertently

• dilapidated

messy

• vindicate

• neurotic

• discheveled

• exasperated

• sullen

marked by disorder or disarray

• disheveled

• vestige

• demoniac

• remote

When a person sneezes without covering their mouth, his or her germs are launched into the air and scattered in different directions.

• discarded

• dispersed

• inaugurated

• consented

Every teacher will remind you not to ________. They usually tell you there is no way you can possible do a good job if you wait until the last minute to start. 

• implore
• elapse
• proximity
• procrastinate

to put off doing

• commence

• procrastinate

• cessation

• hamper

• thwart