Grade 8: Week 13 &14 Vocabulary Quiz

Sometimes Ken would __________ and change his opinions, but on this subject, he remained committed to his original belief.

• vacillate

• capitulate

• delineate

• affinity

I have a(n) __________ for reading and can’t resist popping into every bookstore I pass.

• anomaly

• affinity

• egregious

• whimsical

The __________ ruler taxed her subjects great amounts of money, not caring how they found the money to pay her.

• duplicitous

• obdurate

• callous

• whimsical

I am a(n) __________ in my school; I really enjoy having an early bedtime, while my peers like to stay up late.

• capitulate

• anomaly

• delineate

• vacillate

The __________ play is set in a fairy land and includes joyful music.

• obdurate

• egregious

• whimsical

• callous

A business owner cannot afford to be __________; to be successful, businesses must be flexible, not stubbornly unchanging.

• duplicitous

• egregious

• obdurate

• delineate

I wrote out some plans to __________ the process for you.

• vacillate

• delineate

• capitulate

• anomaly

He has a(n) __________ for music and is always playing his guitar or listening to his favorite bands.

• delineate

• affinity

• anomaly

• callous

The __________ employee acts politely around his boss, but he is rude to his coworkers when his boss is not around.

• duplicitous

• whimsical

• obdurate

• egregious

The general decided to __________ because he did not have enough troops to keep fighting.

• capitulate

• vacillate

• delineate

• obdurate