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Unit 2: 8th Grade Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions.

a)

frugal

b)

antics

c)

maim

d)

veer

2.

declared openly and without shame, acknowledged.

a)

incognito

b)

bountiful

c)

avowed

d)

venerate

3.

to exchange playful remarks, tease; talk that is playful and teasing

a)

antics

b)

enterprising

c)

oblique

d)

banter

4.

giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly.

a)

bountiful

b)

frugal

c)

glut

d)

gingerly

5.

overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess.

a)

antics

b)

banter

c)

minimize

d)

congested

6.

harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

a)

detriment

b)

durable

c)

legendary

d)

wanton

7.

sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years.

a)

gingerly

b)

durable

c)

incognito

d)

maim

8.

energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

a)

durable

b)

avowed

c)

frugal

d)

enterprising

9.

economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager.

a)

frugal

b)

bountiful

c)

durable

d)

invalidate

10.

with extreme care or caution.

a)

gingerly

b)

antics

c)

enterprising

d)

detriment

11.

to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; an oversupply.

a)

frugal

b)

glut

c)

congested

d)

detriment

12.

in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identify; the state of being disguised; a person in disguise.

a)

incognito

b)

avowed

c)

legendary

d)

oblique

13.

to make valueless, take away all force or effect.

a)

maim

b)

veer

c)

invalidate

d)

avowed

14.

described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life.

a)

legendary

b)

incognito

c)

durable

d)

enterprising

15.

to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

a)

maim

b)

minimize

c)

veer

d)

banter

16.

to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before.

a)

avowed

b)

invalidate

c)

minimize

d)

glut

17.

slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct.

a)

oblique

b)

veer

c)

antics

d)

invalidate

18.

to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift.

a)

veer

b)

oblique

c)

wanton

d)

avowed

19.

to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect.

a)

legendary

b)

invalidate

c)

venerate

d)

minimize

20.

reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals.

a)

wanton

b)

glut

c)

avowed

d)

enterprising