8th grade vocabulary test

To embark means

• begin or start a course of action.

• end or finish a journey or project
• take a break from a journey or project
• change direction during a journey or project

Aloof means

• not friendly

• friendly

• close
• intimate

What does overt means

• Indirectly or ambiguously
• Quietly or discreetly
• Openly or obviously

• Secretly or covertly

He is _________ about keeping the house clean.

• fastidious

• negligent
• aloof

• allot

_____________ means a thing that provides resistance or delay to something or someone.

• loll

• assistance
• hindrance
• facilitator

What does citadel means

• a type of bird
• a fortress or a stronghold
• a small town
• a type of fruit

What is an example of a theme?

• A flaw

• To denounce

• A message

• To award

What does grapple means?

• To be stand offish

• To slouch

• To criticize

• To wrestle.

What's another word for deplore?

• praise
• denounce

• to climb aboard

• to show pity

To be indifferent means to?

• To be extremely interested and concerned about something or someone.
• To have a moderate level of interest and concern towards something or someone.
• To have sympathy and empathy towards something or someone.
• To have no interest, concern, or sympathy towards something or someone.