Weeks 1 & 2 Vocab Review (8th Grade)

1. My smart grandfather told me a(n) _________________ saying: “A bad worker blames his tools.”

• sage

• aficionado

• stupefy

• vocation

1. He is an opera _________________ and attends the opera every month.

• sage

• aficionado

• stupefy

• vocation

1. This magician will _________________ you with her tricks!

• sage

• aficionado

• stupefy

• vocation

1. I’ve known that teaching was my _________________ ever since I became a student tutor and loved it.

• sage

• aficionado

• stupefy

• vocation

1. Don’t let someone _________________ you to do something that you feel is wrong.

• compel

• genre

• barrage

• disquieting

1. I love detective novels; mystery is my favorite _________________.

• compel

• genre

• barrage

• disquieting

1. The army retreated after it faced a _________________ of attacks from the enemy.

• compel

• genre

• barrage

• disquieting

1. She found the darkness of the woods _________________; it felt like someone was watching her from within the trees.

• compel

• genre

• barrage

• disquieting

1. A(n) _________________ salesperson will lie to get you to purchase something.

• unscrupulous

• incomprehensible

• sage

• aficionado

1. Because of my limited knowledge of the Russian language, I find literature written in Russian to be _________________.

• unscrupulous

• incomprehensible

• sage

• aficionado