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WorksheetsGrade 8 - Vocabulary Lesson 6
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The English teacher issued each student a(an)_____________ of American literature.
a)
grit
b)
anthology
c)
diminution
d)
salvo
2.
The villian built a laser as part of his ______ plan to care a gigantic portrait.
a)
vicarious
b)
menial
c)
conciliatory
d)
ludicrous
3.
She felt that it was too nice outside to finish the __________ job of cleaning the basement.
a)
pessimistic
b)
vicarious
c)
ludicrous
d)
menial
4.
Few of the books at the store suited her taste for ______________ literature.
a)
conciliatory
b)
esoteric
c)
tentative
d)
pessimistic
5.
The pill ______________ Susan's back pains.
a)
yearned
b)
alleviated
c)
ransacked
d)
repudiated
6.
The tropical fish seemed to glow because of the _________ of the chemicals beneath their colorful scales.
a)
phospherescence
b)
salvo
c)
grit
d)
anthology
7.
The _________ child usually gives up early because he is certain that he is never going to win.
a)
pessimistic
b)
tentative
c)
vicarious
d)
esoteric
8.
In a display of true _______, the soldier ignored his injuries and carried his friend to safety.
a)
salvo
b)
conciliatory
c)
grit
d)
phosphorescense
9.
The author endured a ____________ of complaints just one day after her controversial book went on sale.
a)
salvo
b)
anthology
c)
ransack
d)
diminution
10.
The old man ___________ to return to the simpler days of his youth.
a)
alleviated
b)
gritted
c)
yearned
d)
ransacked
11.
His ____________ manner helped to calm the angry customers.
a)
ludicrous
b)
vicarious
c)
conciliatory
d)
tentative
12.
Modern medicine has caused a ____________ of deaths due to disease.
a)
grit
b)
anthology
c)
diminution
d)
phosphorescence
13.
The ____________ time for the program to begin was 8:00 p.m.
a)
tentative
b)
menial
c)
esoteric
d)
ludicrous
14.
The bears _______________ our tent and ate most of the food supply.
a)
alleviated
b)
yearned
c)
assuaged
d)
ransacked
15.
Grandfather's stories about his adventures in battled filled us with ___________ excitement and terror.
a)
ludicrous
b)
menial
c)
esoteric
d)
vicarious
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