Eighth Grade Vocabulary Quiz Weeks 3-4

to enclose or encircle; to include

• extricate
• encompass
• recur
• modify

to come up again or happen again; to come to mind again

• instill
• modify
• recur
• encompass

to free from a difficult or tangled situation

• conjecture
• encompass
• instill
• extricate

commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced

• prevalent
• imperative
• spontaneous
• anonymous

urgent; pressing; having the power of authority to command

• spontaneous
• prevalent
• anonymous
• imperative

cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery

• guile
• anonymous
• spontaneous
• imperative

to make less severe; to make changes in

• pivot
• extricate
• modify
• guile

of an unknown source or unrevealed name

• spontaneous
• anthology
• conjecture
• anonymous

voluntary and unplanned; occurring or produced without human labor

• anonymous
• prevalent
• spontaneous
• imperative

to introduce gradually in order to establish securely

• modify
• pivot
• instill
• extricate