125 words every 8th grader should know - List 7

Fill in the blank: anecdote: a short account of an ________.

• anecdote

• event

• story

• incident

Fill in the blank: brusque: rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or ________.

• manner

• tone

• gesture

• expression

Fill in the blank: dejected: affected or marked by low ________.

• spirits

• energy

• enthusiasm

• motivation

Fill in the blank: emphatic: forceful and definite in expression or ________

• statement

• gesture

• action

• thought

Fill in the blank: feign: to give a false ________ of.

• impression

• expression

• representation

• interpretation

Fill in the blank: impassive: having or revealing little emotion or ________.

• feeling

• thought

• expression

• reaction

Fill in the blank: implicit: suggested though not directly ________.

• stated

• implied

• expressed

• mentioned

Fill in the blank: quaver: v. give off unsteady ________.

• vibrations

• sounds

• lights

• movements

Fill in the blank: quibble: v. argue over petty ________.

• details

• arguments

• issues

• matters

Fill in the blank: ruddy: adj. inclined to a healthy reddish ________.

• hue

• glow

• shade

• tint