Vocabulary Mastery Quiz for Middle School

Which word means "showing great bravery"?

• apathy

• heroic

• stagnant

• plagiarize

What is the correct spelling of the word that means "to copy someone else's work and claim it as your own"?

• plagiarize

• plagurize

• plagiarise

• plagiarizee

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word is defined as "having or showing hope for the future"?

• nostalgic

• optimistic

• explicit

• remnant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Choose the synonym for "explicit".

• unclear

• direct

• hidden

• vague

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which word means "to make something seem real or true by imitation"?

• validate

• simulate

• sustain

• oblige

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the antonym of "apathy"?

• indifference

• excitement

• stagnation

• turmoil

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

Which word means "to confirm the truth or accuracy of something"?

• validate

• impede

• prevail

• remnant

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

What is the correct spelling of the word that means "to slow down or block progress"?

• impede

• impide

• impade

• impide

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means "longing for the past"?

• relevant

• nostalgic

• sophisticated

• sustain

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the antonym of "stagnant"?

• still

• moving

• unmoving

• motionless

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C