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Grade 8 Vocabulary

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation.

a)

Connotations

b)

Drama

c)

hyperbole

d)

philosophy

2.

A humorous play on words and some involve using different meaning of the same word.

a)

Irony

b)

Idiom

c)

Simile

d)

Pun

3.

Are used to indicate that material has been omitted or to create suspense

a)

Setting

b)

Ellipses

c)

Dialogue

d)

Hyperbole

4.

Define: interpserse

a)

to scold

b)

to travel between planets

c)

to determine the meaning of

d)

to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things

5.

Define: banal

a)

unoriginal

b)

deadly

c)

exciting

d)

confusing

6.

Define: tangential

a)

deeply moving

b)

barely connected

c)

upsetting

d)

having an orange hue

7.

Define: insolent

a)

sad and depressed

b)

impulsive

c)

curious

d)

rude; disrespectful

8.

Define: reproach

a)

to find fault with

b)

to praise

c)

to celebrate

d)

to think deeply

9.

Define: precocious

a)

delayed in development

b)

advanced in development

c)

average

d)

argumentative

10.

Define: refuge

a)

a place of shelter, protection or safety

b)

to reject

c)

a bright light

d)

unexplored territory

11.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The bedbug infestation was ____.

a)

banal

b)

ineradicable

c)

precocious

d)

refuge

12.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The kevlar vest was ____ to even hollow point bullets.

a)

banal

b)

insolent

c)

impervious

d)

tangential

13.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The flag is ___ of those who've sacrificed for our freedom.

a)

emblematic

b)

impervious

c)

ineradicable

d)

refuge

14.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

Sometimes a mother's job is to ___ conflicts.

a)

refuge

b)

precocious

c)

impervious

d)

mediate

15.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The guests had a ____ time at the charity ball.

a)

splendid

b)

precocious

c)

impervious

d)

ineradicable

16.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The prosecution's case was based merely on ____.

a)

conjecture

b)

mediate

c)

banal

d)

emblematic

17.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

With tears streaming down our cheeks, we found the end of the tv series very ____.

a)

precocious

b)

poignant

c)

banal

d)

refuge

18.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

During the assembly, the victim shared her ___ opinion about how to handle bullying.

a)

precocious

b)

poignant

c)

incisive

d)

ineradicable

19.

Covet

a)

to strongly wish for something

b)

falling apart

c)

to inspect something

d)

an expression of opinion about something

20.

Dilapidated

a)

falling apart

b)

to inspect something

c)

an expression of opinion about something

d)

to gain or achieve something

21.

Survey

a)

to inspect something

b)

an expression of opinion about something

c)

to gain or achieve something

d)

to look at something thoroughly and attentively

22.

Commentary

a)

an expression of opinion about something

b)

to gain or achieve something

c)

to look at something attentively and thoroughly

d)

to be fussy about something and pay attention to details

23.

Attain

a)

to gain or achieve something

b)

to look at something attentively and thoroughly

c)

to be fussy about something and pay attention to its details

d)

to be calm

24.

Contemplate

a)

to look at something attentively and thoroughly

b)

to be fussy about something and pay attention to its details

c)

to be calm

d)

to feel forced in some way

25.

Particular

a)

to be fussy about something and pay attention to its details

b)

to be calm

c)

to feel forced to do something in some way

d)

to show cheerful willingness or eagerness

26.

Tranquil

a)

to be calm

b)

to feel forced to so something in some way

c)

to show cheerful willingness or eagerness

d)

to look at something attentively and thoroughly

27.

Obliged

a)

to feel forced to do something in some way

b)

to show cheerful willingness or eagerness

c)

to gain or achieve something

d)

to inspect something

28.

Alacrity

a)

to show cheerful willingness or eagerness

b)

to strongly wish for something

c)

falling apart

d)

to inspect something

29.

Fill in the blank: In extreme circumstances, people need to make quick decisions to _________ disaster.

a)

avert

b)

imply

c)

sustain

d)

borne

30.

Fill in the blank: A lack of preparation will be ______ to your performance.

a)

borne

b)

detrimental

c)

deficient

d)

renowned

31.

Fill in the blanks: A nutritional _____ has the potential for long term health _______.

a)

deficiency, initiatives

b)

detrimental, initiatives

c)

detrimental, implications

d)

deficiency, implications

32.

Fill in the blank: Elon Musk is _______ for his innovation and risk-taking.

a)

deficient

b)

detrimental

c)

renowned

d)

sustained

33.

Fill in the blank: Zika is a mosquito-_____ virus.

a)

borne

b)

averted

c)

renowned

d)

implicated

34.

Fill in the blank: The plot of the show was complex enough to _____ the attention of the public for several years.

a)

borne

b)

avert

c)

sustain

d)

implicate

35.

Fill in the blank: The governor launched a(n) ________ to support the growth of the industry.

a)

implication

b)

initiative

c)

deficiency

d)

renown