Worksheets8th grade Vocabulary
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Assimilate
a)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
b)
become like one's environment
c)
capable of being shaped or bent
d)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
2.
Concede
a)
expressing much in few words
b)
shut out from view
c)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
d)
make furious
3.
Dissipate
a)
go away, scatter, or disappear
b)
beg or request earnestly and urgently
c)
make furious
d)
marked by casual disrespect
4.
Erratic
a)
required by rule
b)
disposed to venture or take risks
c)
a relief from harm or discomfort
d)
liable to sudden unpredictable changes
5.
Impulsive
a)
deeply or seriously thoughtful
b)
skillful at evading capture
c)
characterized by undue haste or lack of thought
d)
briefly giving the gist of something
6.
Malleable
a)
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
b)
submissive or subject to authority or control of another
c)
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
d)
capable of being shaped or bent
7.
Obstruct
a)
kind in disposition or manner
b)
shut out from view
c)
become like one's environment
d)
beg or request earnestly and urgently
8.
Rueful
a)
briefly giving the gist of something
b)
a relief from harm or discomfort
c)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
d)
expressing much in few words
9.
Subordinate
a)
submissive or subject to authority or control of another
b)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
c)
old and twisted
d)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
10.
Transgression
a)
become like one's environment
b)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
c)
make furious
d)
the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
11.
Adamant
a)
feeling great happiness or delight
b)
disposed to venture or take risks
c)
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
d)
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
12.
Audacious
a)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
b)
disposed to venture or take risks
c)
beg or request earnestly and urgently
d)
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
13.
Concise
a)
use or manipulate to one's advantage
b)
become like one's environment
c)
expressing much in few words
d)
feeling great happiness or delight
14.
Elusive
a)
beg or request earnestly and urgently
b)
skillful at evading capture
c)
the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
d)
characterized by undue haste or lack of thought
15.
Exasperate
a)
make furious
b)
required by rule
c)
liable to sudden unpredictable changes
d)
marked by casual disrespect
16.
Gnarled
a)
inspiring fear or dread
b)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
c)
old and twisted
d)
kind in disposition or manner
17.
Implore
a)
make furious
b)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
c)
deeply or seriously thoughtful
d)
beg or request earnestly and urgently
18.
Impudent
a)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
b)
beg or request earnestly and urgently
c)
marked by casual disrespect
d)
briefly giving the gist of something
19.
Mandatory
a)
liable to sudden unpredictable changes
b)
expressing much in few words
c)
become like one's environment
d)
required by rule
20.
Pensive
a)
characterized by undue haste or lack of thought
b)
deeply or seriously thoughtful
c)
submissive or subject to authority or control of another
d)
shut out from view
21.
Reprieve
a)
a relief from harm or discomfort
b)
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
c)
go away, scatter, or disappear
d)
disposed to venture or take risks
22.
Succinct
a)
feeling great happiness or delight
b)
briefly giving the gist of something
c)
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
d)
liable to sudden unpredictable changes
23.
Tedious
a)
the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
b)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
c)
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
d)
required by rule
24.
Belligerent
a)
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
b)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
c)
become like one's environment
d)
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
25.
Benign
a)
marked by casual disrespect
b)
kind in disposition or manner
c)
characterized by undue haste or lack of thought
d)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
26.
Ecstatic
a)
give in to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
b)
submissive or subject to authority or control of another
c)
feeling great happiness or delight
d)
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
27.
Emaciated
a)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
b)
become like one's environment
c)
required by rule
d)
a relief from harm or discomfort
28.
Exploit
a)
be full of or abuzz with
b)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
c)
old and twisted
d)
use or manipulate to one's advantage
29.
Formidable
a)
seize and take control without authority
b)
become like one's environment
c)
inspiring fear or dread
d)
marked by casual disrespect
30.
Monotonous
a)
become like one's environment
b)
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
c)
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
d)
make furious
31.
Succumb
a)
familiarize psychologically or physically
b)
shut out from view
c)
give in to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
d)
skillful at evading capture
32.
Sully
a)
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
b)
disposed to venture or take risks
c)
briefly giving the gist of something
d)
use or manipulate to one's advantage
33.
Teem
a)
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
b)
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
c)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
d)
be full of or abuzz with
34.
Usurp
a)
obvious to the eye or mind
b)
liable to sudden unpredictable changes
c)
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
d)
seize and take control without authority
35.
Accustom
a)
a relief from harm or discomfort
b)
become like one's environment
c)
familiarize psychologically or physically
d)
marked by casual disrespect
36.
Affluent
a)
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
b)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
c)
submissive or subject to authority or control of another
d)
inspiring fear or dread
37.
Conspicuous
a)
submissive or subject to authority or control of another
b)
obvious to the eye or mind
c)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
d)
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
38.
Exuberant
a)
briefly giving the gist of something
b)
joyously unrestrained
c)
characterized by undue haste or lack of thought
d)
use or manipulate to one's advantage
39.
Petulant
a)
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
b)
submissive or subject to authority or control of another
c)
become like one's environment
d)
easily irritated or annoyed
40.
Respite
a)
a relief from harm or discomfort
b)
admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
c)
old and twisted
d)
kind in disposition or manner
41.
Squalor
a)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
b)
sordid dirtiness
c)
marked by casual disrespect
d)
shut out from view
42.
Threadbare
a)
characterized by undue haste or lack of thought
b)
become like one's environment
c)
thin and tattered with age
d)
a relief from harm or discomfort
43.
Undulate
a)
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
b)
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
c)
disposed to venture or take risks
d)
liable to sudden unpredictable changes
44.
Volv
a)
root meaning empty
b)
root meaning power
c)
root meaning heavy
d)
root meaning roll
45.
Vac
a)
root meaning boundary
b)
root meaning empty
c)
root meaning work
d)
root meaning to know
46.
Dyn
a)
root meaning thankfulness
b)
root meaning roll
c)
root meaning power
d)
root meaning honor
47.
Lab
a)
root meaning holy
b)
root meaning feeling, suffering or disease
c)
root meaning empty
d)
root meaning work
48.
Grat
a)
root meaning thankfulness
b)
root meaning stone
c)
root meaning trust
d)
root meaning heavy
49.
Grav
a)
root meaning heavy
b)
root meaning work
c)
root meaning roll
d)
root meaning to harden
50.
Cog
a)
root meaning deny
b)
root meaning to know
c)
root meaning sensation, feeling or perception
d)
root meaning boundary
51.
Path
a)
root meaning feeling, suffering or disease
b)
root meaning honor
c)
root meaning truth
d)
root meaning deny
52.
Term
a)
root meaning to know
b)
root meaning trust
c)
root meaning empty
d)
root meaning boundary
53.
Lith
a)
root meaning roll
b)
root meaning to harden
c)
root meaning stone
d)
root meaning power
54.
Cele
a)
root meaning sensation, feeling or perception
b)
root meaning honor
c)
root meaning thankfulness
d)
root meaning holy
55.
Ver
a)
root meaning thankfulness
b)
root meaning heavy
c)
root meaning work
d)
root meaning truth
56.
Sacr
a)
root meaning holy
b)
root meaning empty
c)
root meaning roll
d)
root meaning to know
57.
Fid
a)
root meaning truth
b)
root meaning trust
c)
root meaning boundary
d)
root meaning feeling, suffering or disease
58.
Dur
a)
root meaning power
b)
root meaning stone
c)
root meaning to harden
d)
root meaning thankfulness
59.
Aesth
a)
root meaning work
b)
root meaning feeling, suffering or disease
c)
root meaning heavy
d)
root meaning sensation, feeling or perception
60.
Neg
a)
root meaning to know
b)
root meaning deny
c)
root meaning roll
d)
root meaning power
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