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8th Grade Sadlier Unit 13 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A synonym for disdainful is

a)

haughty

b)

dovetail

c)

enormity

d)

foreboding

2.

To take an illness in order to avoid work is to

a)

simper

b)

malinger

c)

plunder

d)

falter

3.

A family that has adjusted from living in the country to life in the big city has

a)

dovetailed

b)

attested

c)

adapted

d)

malingered

4.

If a baseball team's skills are generally spoken about in a confident and swaggering way, they are

a)

plundered

b)

vaunted

c)

vilified

d)

adapted

5.

An antonym for inconstant is

a)

plunder

b)

malinger

c)

steadfast

d)

waif

6.

A silly, forced smile can be called a

a)

simper

b)

plunder

c)

waif

d)

dovetail

7.

Which of the following is another word for immensity?

a)

foreboding

b)

impediment

c)

enormity

d)

imperative

8.

If someone makes a clever but grim joke, they are being

a)

vaunted

b)

wry

c)

simper

d)

faltered

9.

Which of the following is the opposite of glorify?

a)

falter

b)

attest

c)

loiter

d)

vilify

10.

If an actor were to lose courage while performing, he would be

a)

dovetailing

b)

faltering

c)

malingering

d)

attesting

11.

Your outstanding report card and teacher evaluations _____ to the fact that when you apply yourself, you can be successful.

a)

attest

b)

adapt

12.

The temperaments of the partners in the business _____ so well that they can work together without the slightest friction or conflict.

a)

dovetail

b)

attest

13.

As the hurricane neared, residents of towns along the coast were filled with _____.

a)

foreboding

b)

imperatives

14.

A good editorial should be _____, short but full of meaning.

a)

haughty

b)

pithy

15.

The police sometimes use laws against _____ to prevent the gathering of unruly crowds.

a)

faltering

b)

loitering

16.

Mutual respect and understanding among all racial and ethnic groups remains a(n) ______ in the life of this nation.

a)

imperative

b)

waif

17.

Despite our own exhaustion, we made one final, _____ attempt to save the drowning swimmer, but our efforts were to no avail.

a)

pithy

b)

forlorn

18.

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.

a)

imperative

b)

impediment

19.

In the Old West, rustlers ______ ranches and farms for cattle and horses.

a)

plundered

b)

vaunted

20.

Charles Adams was famous for _____ cartoons chronicling the adventures of a ghoulish family.

a)

wry

b)

adapt