Worksheets8th Grade Sadlier Unit 13 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A synonym for disdainful is
haughty
dovetail
enormity
foreboding
To take an illness in order to avoid work is to
simper
malinger
plunder
falter
A family that has adjusted from living in the country to life in the big city has
dovetailed
attested
adapted
malingered
If a baseball team's skills are generally spoken about in a confident and swaggering way, they are
plundered
vaunted
vilified
adapted
An antonym for inconstant is
plunder
malinger
steadfast
waif
A silly, forced smile can be called a
simper
plunder
waif
dovetail
Which of the following is another word for immensity?
foreboding
impediment
enormity
imperative
If someone makes a clever but grim joke, they are being
vaunted
wry
simper
faltered
Which of the following is the opposite of glorify?
falter
attest
loiter
vilify
If an actor were to lose courage while performing, he would be
dovetailing
faltering
malingering
attesting
Your outstanding report card and teacher evaluations _____ to the fact that when you apply yourself, you can be successful.
attest
adapt
The temperaments of the partners in the business _____ so well that they can work together without the slightest friction or conflict.
dovetail
attest
As the hurricane neared, residents of towns along the coast were filled with _____.
foreboding
imperatives
A good editorial should be _____, short but full of meaning.
haughty
pithy
The police sometimes use laws against _____ to prevent the gathering of unruly crowds.
faltering
loitering
Mutual respect and understanding among all racial and ethnic groups remains a(n) ______ in the life of this nation.
imperative
waif
Despite our own exhaustion, we made one final, _____ attempt to save the drowning swimmer, but our efforts were to no avail.
pithy
forlorn
No matter how well qualified you may be, an inability to get on well with other people will prove a serious _____ in any field of work.
imperative
impediment
In the Old West, rustlers ______ ranches and farms for cattle and horses.
plundered
vaunted
Charles Adams was famous for _____ cartoons chronicling the adventures of a ghoulish family.
wry
adapt
