8th Grade Unit 9 Vocabulary Test

What does "notorious" mean?

• durable

• notorious

• rational

• demented

• insular

What term refers to the state of one's mind?

• amnesty

• prognosis

• mentality

• diagnosis

• reconnaissance

What is a speech or a phrase specific to a particular language or group of people called?

• subterfuge

• duration

• idiosyncrasy

• idiom

• surplus

What is an expectation of the way something will turn out known as?

• amnesty

• diagnosis

• connoisseur

• reconnaissance

• prognosis

What does it mean to lower in rank or authority?

• enumerate

• demote

• insulate

• consolidate

• corroborate

What is a term for someone who is running away or escaping?

• refuge

• fugitive

• connoisseur

• idiom

• nimbus

What do you call someone who is knowledgeable about a subject?

• reconnaissance

• connoisseur

• fugitive

• prognosis

• diagnosis

What is the term for dividing and distributing evenly?

• ration

• demote

• single

• avail

• insulate

What is a statement naming the cause of a condition called?

• reconnaissance

• amnesty

• diagnosis

• mentality

• prognosis

What is a pardon for offenses known as?

• amnesty

• excursion

• diagnosis

• connoisseur

• prognosis