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8th Vocabulary Unit 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word DISCORDANT

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

Very submissive, like a slave

b)

Rude, lacking good manners or politeness

c)

Not harmonious; harsh sounding

d)

To return, or turn or look back,

2.

The word PLAUDITS

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

Broken stone fragments; Crumbled remains of stone

b)

A display or expression of approval; Applause

c)

A passage or quotation taken from a book

d)

A wise old saying expressing a general truth

3.

The word EXCERPT

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

to prevent the occurrence of

b)

To work together,

c)

A period of staying awake at night to keep watch or pray

d)

A passage or quotation taken from a book

4.

The word DECREE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

An official order by law

b)

To develop over time

c)

One who falls behind others because of moving slowly

d)

to prevent the occurrence of; to make impossible

5.

The word JOSTLE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

To remain floating or suspended in air, linger

b)

A situation that creates a sudden increase in wealth or good fortune

c)

To push past; To elbow or bump against someone roughly

d)

A display or expression of approval

6.

What is the part of speech for the word:

GROPE

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

7.

What is the part of speech for the word:

COLLABORATE

a)

adjective

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

preposition

8.

What is the part of speech for the word:

VIGIL

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

9.

What is the part of speech for the word:

SERVILE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

10.

What is the part of speech for the word:

CHURLISH

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

11.

I don't think my boyfriend was able to _____ from the prehistoric era because he acts like a caveman.

a)

excerpt

b)

evolve

c)

hover

d)

decree

12.

The musicians decided to _____ on the new song with his partner for the Grammy Awards.


Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

a)

wrangle

b)

bonanza

c)

discordant

d)

collaborate

13.

The teacher tossed them out of class but they continued to _____ all the way to the Principal's office. I don't even know what they are fighting about.


Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

a)

citadel

b)

wrangle

c)

jostle

d)

vigil

14.

They held a candlelight _____ for the safe return of the missing person.


Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

a)

decree

b)

laggard

c)

citadel

d)

vigil

15.

My grandparents used an old _____ of save for a rainy day to make me frugal with money.


Which word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

a)

adage

b)

wrangle

c)

excerpt

d)

grope

16.

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(v.) To remain floating or suspended in air, linger

a)

wrangle

b)

evolve

c)

laggard

d)

hover

17.

Broken stone fragments; Crumbled remains of stone

a)

adage

b)

rubble

c)

decree

d)

churlish

18.

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(adj.) Rude, lacking good manners or politeness

a)

servile

b)

preclude

c)

churlish

d)

wrangle

19.

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(v.) To feel about blindly, to reach about with uncertainty

a)

grope

b)

vigil

c)

wrangle

d)

evolve

20.

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

(v.) to prevent the occurrence of; to make impossible; to exclude from something

a)

wrangle

b)

preclude

c)

collaborate

d)

jostle