Vocabulary Power: G8 Test Unit 1

During the student council meeting, Bryce suggested to ______ the meeting until after the tornado alert had passed.

• adjourn

• perish

• taunt

• lurch

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The need to rebuild some of the nation’s ______ slums will be an important part of Bryce's election campaign.

• anonymous

• secluded

• urban

• belligerent

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Wendy’s ______ for Washington, D.C., included the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court Building.

• precedence

• itinerary

• humility

• alliance

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

It’s a shame this poem is ______ because Melinda would love to know who wrote it.

• secluded

• anonymous

• urban

• belligerent

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

The needs of my children take ______ over every other demand on my time,” explained Wendy.

• humility

• document

• indifference

• precedence

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

No matter how much they ______ Michael about his project, they cannot make him angry.

• portray

• circumnavigate

• taunt

• compel

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Although Bryce has been very successful in his career, his complete lack of ______ has made many people dislike him.

• indifference

• perception

• humility

• initiative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Michael had to ______ many of his successes in his application for the Master Teacher Award.

• document

• compel

• adjourn

• commence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Watch how the opossums _____ forward and then fall when they are pretending to be dead, just like Melinda observed during her nature walk.

• perish

• lurch

• adjourn

• levitate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

During the science fair, Bryce predicted that the cells of the insect will ______ after its exposure to radiation.

• adjourn

• dramatize

• levitate

• mutate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A