Worksheets8th Grade Vocab Final Part 1
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 17mins
"A thousand thoughts were ______ around inside my mind"
jostling
groping
evolving
collaborating
"X is a beautiful and talented actress, she has a reputation for being ______ and difficult to get along with."
churlish
discordant
servile
shrill
After the old man's death, his property ______________ back to the bank.
reverted
wrangled
jostled
preclude
My essay has a(n) _____ from an informational text to prove my claim.
jostle
grope
excerpt
plaudits
Several demonstrators in the angry crowd tried their best to ______________a riot.
evolve
minimize
instigate
venerate
The teacher _______________books and supplies to each student on the first day of school.
adaged
minimized
allotted
tethered
Before the cowboy went into the sheriff's office, he got off his horse and __________ it to the hitching rail out front.
tethered
amassed
allotted
perturbed
A number of cities ___________ with one another to be chosen as the site of a national political convention.
perturbed
perspective
vied
myriad
We should not care about this poor, _________ person. Anyways, who cares about this child?
Hint: The word is a Noun
Frivolous
Porous
Oust
Nonentity
This is from the book:
Many Companies have a dress code which requires all employees wear _________ colors such as navy or gray
staid
sustain
obsess
ornate
The two friends love to argue over _______________ things like who is prettier and who has better clothes.
frivolous
obsessive
deplorable
sustainable
The sponge is ___________________ and is able to absorb a lot of water.
prone
porous
nonentity
blase
Before giving the big speech, Tammy had ________ that it would go well.
annuls
qualms
bolsters
frivolous
We had to laugh at her ________________ remarks.
facetious
indiscriminate
intrigue
disdain
The old album full of faded family pictures and postcards from exotic places _____________________ me.
intrigues
indiscriminate
facetious
ethical
Recently, Macintosh and his wife, Lisa, had family pictures taken and were to _______see how much they seem to have aged in the year.
aghast
epitaph
ethical
intrigue
The article on Plato in the encyclopedia contained a brief summary of the basic _________________ of his philosophy.
doctrine
parry
haggard
waver
After many long nights studying for finals and eating only ramen noodles, the college freshman come home looking worn and _____________________.
haggard
waver
parry
doctrine
After a strenuous hike, I was too tired to do anything but ___________blissfully in a hot bath.
acme
predatory
wallow
exotic
A defensive movement in fencing and other sports to evade a blow is called a ______________.
turncoat
wallow
parry
waver
15. Which word best completes the sentence? Up close the costumes for the show looked __________, but from the audience's perspective, they were dazzling in the stage lights.
haggard
tawdry
predatory
wallowing
With tireless devotion the ailing child’s parents kept an anxious _____ at her bedside.
vigil
jostle
revert
churlish
