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8th Grade Vocab 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This word means "Showing doubt or disbelief."

a)

skeptically

b)

mollified

c)

apprehensive

d)

precede

2.

If someone is mollified by the actions of another, how are they feeling?

a)

anxious

b)

complete

c)

uneasy

d)

pacified

3.

Something occurring that has a sense of foreboding or appearing in a threatening way could be described as occurring...

a)

ominously

b)

anonymously

c)

complacently

d)

plaintively

4.

Precede means

a)

occurring before or previously

b)

happening after the fact

c)

In a way that is complete

d)

going underneath

5.

If someone makes a derogatory comment, that comment is

a)

twisted out of shape

b)

showing doubt or disbelief

c)

detracting or disparaging

d)

ignorant

6.

A person acting in a plaintive way is acting

a)

Mournfully or sorrowfully

b)

with great anger

c)

with unease or anxiousness

d)

joyfully or cheerily

7.

A word that means "in a self-satisfied manner" is

a)

complacently

b)

contoured

c)

effaciously

d)

wryly

8.

A gymnast who contours themselves as a part of their routine is doing what?

a)

Twisting themselves into different shapes

b)

Lifting themselves off the ground

c)

Spinning in the air delicately

d)

Dancing in a clever manner

9.

A profound quiet is a quiet that is...

a)

complete or from the depths of its being

b)

foreboding or frightening

c)

deep or complicated

d)

honest and true

10.

Complacently means...

a)

...In a manner that is self-satisfied

b)

...distractedly or disparagingly

c)

...anxiously

d)

...inconsiderately