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8th Grade - 3rd Quarter Vocab Pretest

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

extreme greed for wealth or material gain

a)

indigent

b)

avarice

c)

oppress

d)

racism

2.

extremely poor and needy

a)

avarice

b)

racism

c)

estuary

d)

indigent

3.

to keep someone in a lower position, especially in an unjust way

a)

racism

b)

guile

c)

oppress

d)

malady

4.

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior

a)

racism

b)

solitude

c)

spontaneous

d)

heirloom

5.

producing much fruit or foliage, many offspring, or written works

a)

prolific

b)

heirloom

c)

venom

d)

iridescent

6.

the tidal mouth of a large river; where the stream meets the tide

a)

vacillate

b)

estuary

c)

avarice

d)

demise

7.

sly or cunning intelligence; often deceitful

a)

venom

b)

malady

c)

indigent

d)

guile

8.

a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations

a)

racism

b)

vacillate

c)

heirloom

d)

spontaneous

9.

poison; mean-spirited

a)

vacillate

b)

malady

c)

venom

d)

guile

10.

a sickness, disease, or disorder

a)

venom

b)

malady

c)

demise

d)

grueling

11.

to waver; to sway indecisively

a)

vacillate

b)

separate

c)

solitude

d)

spontaneous

12.

to set or keep apart

a)

prolific

b)

oppress

c)

vacillate

d)

separate

13.

death; ceasing to exist

a)

separate

b)

avarice

c)

venom

d)

demise

14.

very tiring, requiring extreme effort

a)

spontaneous

b)

grueling

c)

malady

d)

indigent

15.

the state of being alone

a)

separate

b)

iridescent

c)

solitude

d)

demise

16.

natural and unconstrained; unplanned

a)

demise

b)

prolific

c)

heirloom

d)

spontaneous

17.

having colors like the rainbow

a)

iridescent

b)

oppress

c)

indigent

d)

estuary