8th Grade Vocabulary Spelling Quiz

Spell the word that means "steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success."

• Perseverance

• Perserverance

• Perseverence

• Persaverance

Spell the word that describes someone who is "careful and diligent in carrying out tasks."

• Conscientious

• Consciencious

• Consientious

• Conscientous

Spell the word that refers to a "government system with many complicated rules."

• Bureaucracy

• Bureacracy

• Bureaucrasy

• Bureacrasy

Spell the word that means "a proposed explanation for a phenomenon."

• Hypothesis

• Hypothosis

• Hypotheses

• Hypothasis

Spell the word that means "a sudden and widespread disaster."

• Catastrophe

• Catastrophy

• Catastrophie

• Catastroph

Spell the word that describes something "able to live both on land and in water."

• Amphibious

• Amphibous

• Amphibios

• Amphibiouss

Spell the word that refers to "a person who organizes and operates a business."

• Entrepreneur

• Entreprenuer

• Enterpreneur

• Entreprenur

Spell the word that means "punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense."

• Vengeance

• Vengance

• Vengence

• Vengencee

Spell the word that refers to "close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal."

• Surveillance

• Surveilance

• Survailance

• Surveilence

Spell the word that means "a statement that seems contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true."

• Paradox

• Paridox

• Parodox

• Paradoks