Year 8 - Vocab Practice, Feb. 4th

What is the correct definition of the word "aghast"

• more than enough, large, spacious

• shocked, horrified, stupefied

• humorous,

• common person

What is the correct definition of the word "Apparition"

• to crouch or shrink away

• having to do with morals

• A ghost

• wastefully extravagant

What is the correct definition of the word "annul"?

• Dominates your thoughts

• To cancel

• To remove

• Not needed, an unimportant person

What is the correct definition of the word "prone"?

• Likely or liable to do or experience something

• Crush, demolish

• An uneasy feeling

• A source of help in a difficult situation

Which word is defined by, "showing interest or concern"?

• Strengthen or support physically and mentally

• Appearing to be true

• Not able to be heard

• Solicitous

What is a 'nonentity'?

• Thoughtfully decorated or decorated well

• A person or thing with no importance or with no special qualities.

• A high point of land or rock that juts out over water

• To collect or gather together

What part of speech is 'deplore'?

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

What part of speech is 'bolster' NOT

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

What is the correct definition of the word 'volatile'?

• Appearing to be true

• Humerous, not meant seriously

• Shocked, horrified, stupefied

• Unstable, erratic

What part of speech is "blase"?

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb