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8th Grade Unit 3 Vocab Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Troy’s score on the ______ test section was higher than that on the mathematics section

a)

verbal

b)

intramural

c)

autonomous

d)

apathetic

2.

The veterinarian gave the lamb an ______ injection of vitamins.

a)

intervention

b)

intermediate

c)

intravenous

d)

intramural

3.

The advertisement was addressed to “______,” so I just tossed it in the wastebasket.

a)

adherent

b)

abundant

c)

humanoid

d)

occupant

4.

Mozart’s opera ______ from the Seraglio is about an attempted kidnapping that takes place in a Turkish sultan’s palace.

a)

abduction

b)

intervention

c)

transmission

d)

plight

5.

Greg lost the chess game because he had a short ______ of concentration and made a single bad move.

a)

plight

b)

lapse

c)

mandate

d)

certitude

6.

The mountain sunset was so beautiful that it had the power to ______ everyone in our hiking group.

a)

transfix

b)

enclose

c)

perforate

d)

abdicate

7.

A knowledge of ______ can be a great help when you try to learn a foreign language.

a)

hydrophobia

b)

transmission

c)

certitude

d)

phonetics

8.

I wish people wouldn’t ______ on the corner of our block.

a)

abdicate

b)

loiter

c)

summon

d)

enclose

9.

The ______ of the trapped miners captured the sympathy of the entire country.

a)

mandate

b)

phobia

c)

lapse

d)

plight

10.

Terence’s sprained ankle was so severe that the quick ______ of a doctor was required.

a)

transmission

b)

pathos

c)

intervention

d)

gratitude

11.

Choose the letter of the word that is most nearly an antonym, or the opposite, of the boldfaced word: excitable

a)

perpetual

b)

philosophical

c)

autonomous

d)

intravenous

12.

Choose the letter of the word that is most nearly an antonym, or the opposite, of the boldfaced word: doubt

a)

pathos

b)

gratitude

c)

intervention

d)

certitude

13.

Choose the letter of the word that is most nearly an antonym, or the opposite, of the boldfaced word: simple

a)

complex

b)

intermediate

c)

abundant

d)

verbal

14.

Choose the letter of the word that is most nearly an antonym, or the opposite, of the boldfaced word: keep

a)

transfix

b)

loiter

c)

enclose

d)

discard

15.

Choose the letter of the word that is most nearly an antonym, or the opposite, of the boldfaced word: affectionate

a)

apathetic

b)

perpetual

c)

autonomous

d)

abundant

16.

People buy certain products when a celebrity gives one of these.

a)

a phonograph

b)

a testimony

c)

mandate

d)

certitude

17.

This is something that can happen to people only after they are dead.

a)

autopsy

b)

intervention

c)

abduction

d)

hydrophobia

18.

Without this, you would not be able to drive a car anywhere.

a)

an adherent

b)

a phobia

c)

a testimony

d)

a transmission

19.

A New Yorker is one, and so is a Chicagoan.

a)

urbanite

b)

authoritarian

c)

adherent

d)

occupant

20.

In this, you’d find many beds.

a)

testimony

b)

lavatory

c)

dormitory

d)

mandate