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WorksheetsUnit 2 (Grade 8) Quiz Terms 11-20
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Name
Class
Date
1.
Hollywood studios _______ theaters with big-budget action movies during the summer season, so by fall, we are tired of seeing them.
a)
banter
b)
glut
c)
veer
d)
minimize
2.
Each year, falls __________ thousands of people, and many are never able to return to work.
a)
veer
b)
minimize
c)
maim
d)
venerate
3.
Why do you suppose someone whose face is known all over the world would want to travel __________________?
a)
obliquely
b)
enterprising
c)
incognito
d)
glutted
4.
I will not try to __________________ the difficulties we face, but I am sure that we can overcome them by working together.
a)
minimize
b)
banter
c)
venerate
d)
veer
5.
The ____________ acts of Batman are so well-known that some wish he was around to keep the city safe.
a)
wanton
b)
incognito
c)
legendary
d)
durable
6.
Because of his repeated traffic violations, his driver's license was ______________ and no longer legal.
a)
venerated
b)
maimed
c)
congested
d)
invalidated
7.
We were shocked by their ____________ misuse of money that their parents had left them.
a)
bountiful
b)
durable
c)
wanton
d)
frugal
8.
Your speech would have been better if you had stayed with your main idea instead of ____________ off to side issues.
a)
bantering
b)
veering
c)
venerating
d)
maiming
9.
The mad Roman emperor believed that he was a god and expected people to ______________ and worship him as one.
a)
veer
b)
maim
c)
invalidate
d)
venerate
10.
I didn't want Charlotte to know that I was watching her, but occasionally I managed to steal a few ____________ glances at her.
a)
legendary
b)
oblique
c)
bountiful
d)
congested
11.
(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply
a)
detriment
b)
banter
c)
glut
d)
wanton
12.
(adj., adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise
a)
incognito
b)
wanton
c)
legendary
d)
oblique
13.
(v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
a)
incognito
b)
invalidate
c)
maim
d)
glut
14.
(adj.) described in well-known stories rather than in real life
a)
oblique
b)
wanton
c)
incognito
d)
legendary
15.
(v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
a)
maim
b)
minimize
c)
invalidate
d)
glut
16.
(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
a)
maim
b)
minimize
c)
glut
d)
venerate
17.
(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
a)
oblique
b)
wanton
c)
maimed
d)
venerated
18.
(v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve
a)
invalidate*
b)
oblique
c)
veer
d)
venerate
19.
(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
a)
venerate
b)
veer
c)
oblique
d)
legendary
20.
(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals
a)
wanton
b)
oblique
c)
legendary
d)
antic
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