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8th Grade ELA Vocabulary Final

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A PARABLE uses a story to...

a)

trap a liar

b)

make mathematical computations

c)

teach a moral idea

d)

describe an event

2.

People who have reached an ACCORD

a)

work at similar jobs

b)

are in agreement

c)

play musical instruments

d)

are friends with each other

3.

The scientists finally DEVISED a method for eliminating hiccups in mice.

a)

borrowed

b)

invented

c)

explained

d)

discarded

4.

A synonym for ACME is

a)

pinnacle

b)

document

c)

posture

d)

nadir

5.

An antonym for WHIMSICAL is...

a)

peculiar

b)

likeable

c)

serious

d)

tight

6.

a synonym for BLUDGEON is...

a)

contaminate

b)

cudgel

c)

bequeath

d)

furnish

7.

Will Smith (blank) his old high school, Overbrook High School, with new technology.

a)

defiled

b)

endowed

c)

accorded

d)

capitulated

8.

I found his uncle to be very (blank), always friendly and in a good mood.

a)

whimsical

b)

exotic

c)

personable

d)

unassuming

9.

What is the part of speech for DIVERGENT?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

10.

What part of speech is PREDOMINANT?

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

preposition

d)

noun

11.

The Confederate Army finally (blank) to the Union Army at Appomattox Court House in 1865.

a)

endowed

b)

proclaimed

c)

abdicated

d)

capitulated

12.

Teddy Roosevelt was the first (blank) of the Nobel Peace Prize to also be President of the United States.

a)

crony

b)

recipient

c)

doctrine

d)

acme

13.

What part of speech is BELITTLE?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

14.

Nicholas Cage (blank) a plan to steal the Declaration of Independence in National Treasure.

a)

bludgeoned

b)

defiled

c)

embodied

d)

devised

15.

What part of speech is AMPLIFY?

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

participle

16.

I can confidently say that Irish food is the most (blank) of all European cuisine.

a)

tedious

b)

bland

c)

haughty

d)

crucial

17.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put many Ukrainians into (blank) situations.

a)

steadfast

b)

dire

c)

conventional

d)

exotic

18.

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union battled to be the (blank) nation in the world

a)

predominant

b)

haughty

c)

arrogant

d)

crucial

19.

Which is an antonym for HAUGHTY?

a)

pompous

b)

strong

c)

humble

d)

conceited

20.

Most children's shows are both cheerful and (blank).

a)

personable

b)

whimsical

c)

unassuming

d)

conventional

21.

Hunters will use (blank) of certain animals to lure them to a certain area to hunt them.

a)

bludgeons

b)

veneers

c)

recipients

d)

decoys

22.

What is he part of speech for STEADFAST?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

23.

 to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities

a)

capitulate

b)

teem

c)

gratify

d)

obliterate

24.

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

a)

bestow

b)

abdicate

c)

exasperate

d)

regale

25.

to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of

a)

deface

b)

taint

c)

nauseate

d)

delve

26.

Which could be an antonym for ENDOW?

a)

grant

b)

bestow

c)

take

d)

stingy

27.

What part of speech is CONVENTIONAL?

a)

adjective

b)

verb

c)

noun

d)

adverb

28.

to feast, entertain agreeably

a)

delve

b)

adapt

c)

regale

d)

impart

29.

Which part of speech is LOITER?

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

preposition

30.

What part of speech is BELATED?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

adverb

31.

Pirates would roam the seven seas and (blank) ships for any treasure or valuables.

a)

falter

b)

plunder

c)

deface

d)

belittle

32.

an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods

a)

embargo

b)

doctrine

c)

decoy

d)

crony

33.

Absorbant, and yellow, and (blank) is he.

a)

disgruntled

b)

pourous

c)

predominant

d)

staid

34.

What part of speech is HERITAGE?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

35.

There was a thin (blank) of ice on his car after freezing rain had covered the area.

a)

doctrine

b)

veneer

c)

crony

d)

none of the above

36.

The Trojans famously were famously (blank) by the Greeks as they hid in a wooden horse.

a)

capitulated

b)

infiltrated

c)

decoyed

d)

exasperated

37.

The Amazon Rainforest (blank) with exotic wildlife and plant species

a)

teems

b)

infiltrates

c)

falters

d)

delves

38.

The Battle of Gettysburg was (blank) for the Union Army, in that it turned the tide for them towards a victory in the Civil War

a)

conventional

b)

crucial

c)

dire

d)

haughty

39.

to furnish

a)

attire

b)

endow

c)

nauseate

d)

defile

40.

Pope Benedict XVI (blank) the papacy in 2013, due to poor health and advanced age.

a)

attired

b)

defaced

c)

entailed

d)

abdicated