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Unit 1 Vocabulary for 8th Grade

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the Civil War, the _____Southern states were welcomed back in the Union.

a)

alternative

b)

rebellious

c)

varied

d)

simultaneous

2.

Do you know which actor will_____ President Lincoln in the new film biography?

a)

portray

b)

document

c)

commence

d)

compel

3.

Although Woodbridge Middle School's players were much taller than we were, our volleyball team was not_____ by them.

a)

secluded

b)

awed

c)

varied

d)

valid

4.

The novelist had been asked to_____ her most recent best-seller, Hope in the Dawn, for a television movie.

a)

adjourn

b)

taunt

c)

dramatize

d)

lurch

5.

I found the speeches so_____ that I couldn't help yawning every two mintues!

a)

impulsive

b)

mutant

c)

wholesome

d)

monotonous

6.

Ola expressed_____ when we asked her which ride we should go on first, so we decided without her.

a)

humility

b)

initiative

c)

indifference

d)

tranquility

7.

Because the two comments were_____, I couldn't understand either one.

a)

simultaneous

b)

anonymous

c)

monotonous

d)

impulsive

8.

After the young children giggled during the ceremony, their parents spoke to them about their inappropriate moment of _____.

a)

hysteria

b)

precedence

c)

humility

d)

levity

9.

"There's no way you can_____ me to reveal the location of the secret meeting place, " thundered the hero to his captors.

a)

perish

b)

compel

c)

taunt

d)

commence

10.

The commission wrote that no_____ to the automobile was likely to be developed over the next twenty-five years.

a)

alternative

b)

itinerary

c)

alliance

d)

precedence

11.

For each group of words, choose the vocabulary word that best fits!

slim, insufficient, sparse, ______

a)

varied

b)

meager

c)

secluded

d)

impulsive

12.

For each group of words, choose the vocabulary word that best fits!

rise, float, lift, _____

a)

levitate

b)

portray

c)

compel

d)

perish

13.

For each group of words, choose the vocabulary word that best fits!

good, official, approved, _____

a)

simultaneous

b)

belligerent

c)

valid

d)

meager

14.

For each group of words, choose the vocabulary word that best fits!

calm, peacefulness, order, _____

a)

doctrine

b)

alliance

c)

hysteria

d)

tranquility

15.

For each group of words, choose the vocabulary word that best fits!

transformation, change, alteration, _____

a)

initiative

b)

mutation

c)

precedence

d)

itinerary

16.

Choose the word that is the antonym (most nearly opposite) of this word:

thoughtful

a)

rebellious

b)

anonymous

c)

meager

d)

impulsive

17.

Choose the word that is the antonym (most nearly opposite) of this word:

happiness

a)

woe

b)

tranquility

c)

humility

d)

levity

18.

Choose the word that is the antonym (most nearly the opposite) of this word:

laziness

a)

initiative

b)

alternative

c)

indifference

d)

levity

19.

Choose the word that is the antonym (most nearly the opposite) of this word:

identical

a)

monotonous

b)

varied

c)

secluded

d)

meager

20.

Choose the word that is the antonym (most nearly the opposite) of this word:

finish

a)

mutate

b)

taunt

c)

commence

d)

compel