Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 8

Which of the following words means "to assign as a share or portion"?

• Grovel

• Allot

• Simper

• Clarify

What is the meaning of the word "benign"?

• Harmful and aggressive

• Gentle, kind, mild, or unharmful

• Extremely necessary

• Strikingly out of the ordinary

Which word describes someone who is "removed or distant either physically or emotionally"?

• Ardent

• Aloof

• Formidable

• Bizarre

Identify the word that means "to beat or strike".

• Pommel

• Muse

• Depict

• Grovel

Which of the following words is used to describe something "strikingly out of the ordinary"?

• Imperative

• Bizarre

• Benign

• Ardent

What does the word "simper" mean when used as a verb?

• To think about in a dreamy way

• To smile or speak in a silly, forced way

• To humble oneself in a demeaning way

• To add gradually

Which word means "extremely necessary; vitally important"?

• Formidable

• Imperative

• Allot

• Clarify

What is the meaning of "ardent"?

• Inspiring fear or respect

• Characterized by warmth of feeling

• Removed or distant

• To represent by a picture

Which word means "to represent by or as if by a picture"?

• Depict

• Muse

• Simper

• Grovel

Identify the word that means "to humble oneself in a demeaning way".

• Allot

• Grovel

• Clarify

• Pommel