Commonlit 8th grade Unit 1 Vocab

Jamie's ___________ personality helps him in his job as a salesman because people like him so much.

• genial

• acquired

• justified

• offensive

When Marco made _________ remarks about women, his teacher put him out of class.

• vindictive

• ruthless

• offensive

• intrigued

Ally wsa mad at her ex for breaking up with her. She spread that rumor about him just to be ______________.

• intrigued

• vindictive

• genial

• moral

Josh has lied so many times that he's __________ a reputation for dishonesty.

• acquired

• intrigued

• offended

• morals

Gregory was a __________ businessman, he did not care if his employees were overworked, as long as he was earning money.

• justified

• moral

• vindictive

• ruthless

In the endings of fairy tales, the ________ characters win, while the evildoers are punished.

• justify

• offensive

• genial

• moral

After reading Jayne's diary, Taylor tried to __________ her actions by saying she wanted to make sure Jayne was ok.

• intrigued

• justify

• offend

• acquire

I was really ________ by the trailer for that new superhero movie. Let's go see it!

• intrigued

• justified

• moral

• ruthless

Define aquire.

• to show to be right

• To come into possession of; collect, buy, get

• warm and pleasant

• without pity or compassion

Define intrigue.

• causing resentful displeasure or hatred

• concerned with rules of right conduct

• curious about or fascinated by something

• to show to be right