Vocabulary Mastery Quiz for Grade 8

What is the meaning of the word "aesthetic"?

• Related to beauty or the appreciation of beauty

• Secret or hidden

• Known for bad reasons

• Unable to be changed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means "argument or heated dispute"?

• Altercation

• Vexation

• Callous

• Fallibility

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Select the correct definition of "callous."

• Beautiful

• Lacking emotion or showing no concern for others

• Happening at the same time

• Unchangeable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does "concurrent" mean?

• Secret

• Happening at the same time

• Annoyance

• Famous for something bad

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word best fits the definition "secret or hidden"?

• Covert

• Notorious

• Irrevocable

• Disconcerting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the meaning of "disconcerting"?

• Comforting

• Causing one to feel unsettled

• Unchangeable

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means "the ability to make mistakes or be wrong"?

• Fallibility

• Aesthetic

• Vexation

• Callous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "irrevocable" mean?

• Can be changed

• Cannot be changed or reversed

• Annoying

• Secret

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word describes someone who is "famous for something bad"?

• Notorious

• Covert

• Disconcerting

• Concurrent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the meaning of "vexation"?

• Beauty

• Annoyance or irritation

• Secret

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E