Unit 1 Vocabulary for 8th Grade

After the Civil War, the _____Southern states were welcomed back in the Union.

• alternative

• rebellious

• varied

• simultaneous

Do you know which actor will_____ President Lincoln in the new film biography?

• portray

• document

• commence

• compel

Although Woodbridge Middle School's players were much taller than we were, our volleyball team was not_____ by them.

• secluded

• awed

• varied

• valid

The novelist had been asked to_____ her most recent best-seller, Hope in the Dawn, for a television movie.

• adjourn

• taunt

• dramatize

• lurch

I found the speeches so_____ that I couldn't help yawning every two mintues!

• impulsive

• mutant

• wholesome

• monotonous

Ola expressed_____ when we asked her which ride we should go on first, so we decided without her.

• humility

• initiative

• indifference

• tranquility

Because the two comments were_____, I couldn't understand either one.

• simultaneous

• anonymous

• monotonous

• impulsive

After the young children giggled during the ceremony, their parents spoke to them about their inappropriate moment of _____.

• hysteria

• precedence

• humility

• levity

"There's no way you can_____ me to reveal the location of the secret meeting place, " thundered the hero to his captors.

• perish

• compel

• taunt

• commence

The commission wrote that no_____ to the automobile was likely to be developed over the next twenty-five years.

• alternative

• itinerary

• alliance

• precedence