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Worksheets8th Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Living at the same time or period; modern; n. A person living in the same time period as another.
a)
Contemporary
b)
Era
c)
Clarify
d)
Deduction
2.
Trivial or unimportant; spiteful; narrow-minded
a)
Emphasize
b)
Dilute
c)
Haughty
d)
Petty
3.
A book's introduction
a)
Rebate
b)
Foreword
c)
Warranty
d)
Quaint
4.
To prove to be true; to check the truth of something; to confirm
a)
Verify
b)
Jeapordize
c)
Titanic
d)
Pleasantry
5.
A play on words; v. to make a play on words
a)
Pun
b)
Satire
c)
Hamper
d)
Rebate
6.
Showing kindness and courtesy; elegant and refined
a)
Gracious
b)
Charitable
c)
Managable
d)
Probation
7.
Capable of being controlled, directed, or accomplished
a)
Commute
b)
Synthetic
c)
Monopoly
d)
Manageable
8.
One who resides in or occupies a house, land, or a position
a)
Aroma
b)
Frequency
c)
Occupant
d)
Embarass
9.
To prepare in advance or beforehand; to plan ahead
a)
Dismantle
b)
Remote
c)
Prearrange
d)
Elegant
10.
Distant; isolated or out of the way; not obvious; slight; cool and aloof
a)
Remote
b)
Populate
c)
Dingy
d)
Rigid
11.
Serious and unemotional; quiet; composed; v. to administer a tranquilizer
a)
Sedate
b)
Anonymous
c)
Unique
d)
Clarify
12.
To be full of undue self-importance or feelings of superiority
a)
Saturate
b)
Contemporary
c)
Monopoly
d)
Arrogant
13.
Using distinct syllables or words; able to speak clearly; v. to speak clearly and distinctly; to express in words
a)
Secluded
b)
Unique
c)
Articulate
d)
Malfunction
14.
To scold or criticize sharply
a)
Upbraid
b)
Tangible
c)
Superficial
d)
Congested
15.
At the surface; shallow, not deep
a)
Presume
b)
Superficial
c)
Spacious
d)
Quaint
16.
Absolutely necessary, urgent; commanding; describing a verb that expresses a command
a)
Therapy
b)
Pewter
c)
Occurrence
d)
Imperative
17.
Guilty of neglect; failing to show proper care or caution
a)
Remote
b)
Literal
c)
Negligent
d)
Petty
18.
To take for g ranted; to suppose to be true; to take upon oneself with authority
a)
Technology
b)
Impose
c)
Liable
d)
Presume
19.
To unfasten; to disconnect
a)
Inclintation
b)
Illuminate
c)
Category
d)
Detached
20.
Having qualities that are attractive or suitable for photographing
a)
Respiration
b)
Photogenic
c)
Erosion
d)
Hydraulic
21.
A building with a domed ceiling onto which images of celestial bodies are projected
a)
Planetarium
b)
Automation
c)
Agenda
d)
Parasitic
22.
The science and practice of aircraft navigation; the engineering of aircraft
a)
Contempoary
b)
Monolopy
c)
Demolishes
d)
Aeronautics
23.
Made up of varied parts; possessing a variety of characteristics or abilities; varied; assorted
a)
Denial
b)
Casual
c)
Climax
d)
Miscellanous
24.
To suggest without actually stating; to hint; to involve as necessary circumstance or logical necessity
a)
Imply
b)
Eligible
c)
Extensive
d)
Climax
25.
To receive or trace, as from a source; to arrive at by logic; to come (from)
a)
Braggart
b)
Derive
c)
Tangible
d)
Superficial
26.
By or of an unidentified person
a)
Congested
b)
Remote
c)
Anonymous
d)
Populate
27.
Economical; frugal; careful about expenses
a)
Access
b)
Provision
c)
Thrifty
d)
Disagreeable
28.
Adjustment; convenience; compromise; room and board; lodgings; seating on a public vehicle
a)
Superficial
b)
Evacuate
c)
Sedate
d)
Accommodation
29.
The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or wit to expose foolishness or vice; a literary work that uses such devices
a)
Activate
b)
Quaint
c)
Pun
d)
Satire
30.
Sly or secret scheming;a conspiracy; v. to plot or scheme; to excite interest
a)
Intrigues
b)
Dispatch
c)
Petty
d)
Improvise
31.
To hesitate; to stumble; to stammer
a)
Eligible
b)
Endorse
c)
Condemn
d)
Falter
32.
To recite something to be recorded; to require or order authoritative
a)
Dictate
b)
Famished
c)
Remote
d)
Ficticious
33.
Huge; gigantic; vast; extraordinary
a)
Titanic
b)
Colossal
c)
Deduction
d)
Sucessor
34.
To tell in confidence; to hand over for safekeeping; to entrust with
a)
Confided
b)
Irk
c)
Essays
d)
Sarcasam
35.
A plan that is put forward for consideration; a suggestion; an offer of marriage
a)
Salutation
b)
Charitable
c)
Proposal
d)
Pious
36.
To irritate; to tire out; to trouble
a)
Upbraid
b)
Apt
c)
Prearrange
d)
Irk
37.
To seize by authority
a)
Confiscate
b)
Quench
c)
Urgent
d)
Blockade
38.
A great ambition; a breathing in; in medicine, the removal of fluids; the act of pronouncing a sound that begins with a puff of breath
a)
Premier
b)
Sable
c)
Aspiration
d)
Pun
39.
To alter in form or character; in grammar, to qualify the meaning of
a)
Modify
b)
Dispatch
c)
Intolerance
d)
Monopoly
40.
Something that takes place; an incident; the action or process of happening
a)
Occurrence
b)
Casual
c)
Famished
d)
Fragment
41.
Someone who brags excessively; a know-it-all; adj. boastful
a)
Tarnish
b)
Braggart
c)
Dingy
d)
Titanic
42.
Being the only one of its kind; rare
a)
Tangible
b)
Denial
c)
Articluate
d)
Unique
43.
To bear witness to , especially in court; to give evidence
a)
Illuminate
b)
Testifiy
c)
Category
d)
Detached
44.
Infection-fighting substances derived from microorganisms
a)
Antibiotics
b)
Hydraulics
c)
Planetarium
d)
Agenda
45.
A conclusion based on reasoning; a subtraction; the amount subtracted
a)
Deduction
b)
Provision
c)
Notify
d)
Access
46.
A small, dark mammal sometimes bred for its fur; adj. black or dark
a)
Pewter
b)
Confiscate
c)
Notify
d)
Sable
47.
To strand a person on a desolate coast or island; to abandon; n. a dark reddish brown or purplish red color
a)
Maroon
b)
Neutral
c)
Urgent
d)
Quench
48.
Continuing; enduring; refusing to give u
a)
Foreword
b)
Persistent
c)
Obituary
d)
Dingy
49.
To imperil; to risk injury or loss
a)
Tariff
b)
Jeapordize
c)
Apt
d)
Proposal
50.
To travel completely around a thing
a)
Eccentric
b)
Tarnish
c)
Circumnavigate
d)
Eligible
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