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Vocabulary unit 11, 8th grade

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to make calm, soothe, to relieve, satisfy

a)

appease

b)

cite

c)

decoy

d)

delve

2.

late, tardy

a)

conventional

b)

belated

c)

calamitous

d)

judicious

3.

causing great misfortune

a)

judicious

b)

pert

c)

calamitous

d)

belated

4.

to quote, to mention, to summon to appear in court

a)

cite

b)

delve

c)

decoy

d)

appease

5.

in line with accepted ideas or standards, usual

a)

gallantry

b)

conventional

c)

pert

d)

shiftless

6.

to lure into a trap; a person or thing used to lure into a trap

a)

delve

b)

decoy

c)

appease

d)

mediate

7.

to dig, to search deeply and thoroughly into

a)

appease

b)

delve

c)

ensue

d)

decoy

8.

to follow in order, come immediately after, and as a result

a)

delve

b)

cite

c)

regale

d)

ensue

9.

heroic courage, respect and courtesy, an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy

a)

gallantry

b)

milieu

c)

quirk

d)

taint

10.

to make known, tell, to give, pass something on

a)

impart

b)

cite

c)

delve

d)

appease

11.

using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible

a)

conventional

b)

calamitous

c)

judicious

d)

gallantry

12.

to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between; occupying a middle position, indirect, acting through an intermediary

a)

decoy

b)

conventional

c)

appease

d)

mediate

13.

the setting, surroundings, environment

a)

milieu

b)

gallantry

c)

quirk

d)

taint

14.

strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking, out-of-the-way

a)

pert

b)

shiftless

c)

overbearing

d)

outlandish

15.

domineering, haughty, bullying, overpowering

a)

overbearing

b)

pert

c)

shiftless

d)

conventional

16.

high-spirited, lively, bold, saucy, jaunty

a)

shiftless

b)

calamitous

c)

judicious

d)

pert

17.

a peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn

a)

pert

b)

quirk

c)

shiftless

d)

mediate

18.

to feast, entertain agreeably

a)

taint

b)

mediate

c)

appease

d)

regale

19.

lazy, lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient

a)

gallantry

b)

judicious

c)

calamitous

d)

shiftless

20.

existing everywhere

a)

cite

b)

universal

c)

regale

d)

decoy

21.

appease

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

22.

cite

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

23.

conventional

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

24.

ensue

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

25.

gallantry

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb