8th grade Vocabulary Final Group 1 - 15 - 2023

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

• malevolent

• risque

• inclement

• atrocity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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

• precarious

• reprisal

• irksome

• despicable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

She opened the letter with _________ hands hoping for acceptance into the college of her dreams.

• tremulous

• combustible

• ornate

• glib

The police officer showed_______________ when he let the young thief off with a warning

• forbearance

• resilience

• avidness

• glibness

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

The boy was grounded after he made a _________ remark to his mother about not doing his chores.

• reticent

• ineffectual

• glib

• combustible

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.4.6

The witness had to ________ their testimony when it was discovered they were not at the scene of the crime.

• deciphered

• depicted

• indulged

• recanted

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The principal's ____________ enthralled the audience as he spoke about his passion for teaching.

• recantation

• dialect

• rhetoric

• rejoinder

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

The candidate was anxious to ________ the rumors about her past before the election.

• dispel

• execute

• indulge

• wreak

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The student's final graduation will _________ in a speech by the president of the university.

• culminate

• recur

• forbear

• flagrant

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

My poor dog was in trouble for the trouble he ____________ in our yard.

• wreaked

• dubbed

• recurred

• dismantled

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E