8th Grade Vocabulary Test 1

Giving one's opinion or judgment about the qualities of something or someone

• criticism

• genre

• parallel

• justify

Choose TWO synonyms for the word genre.

• classification

• category

• whole

• department

skewed, crooked, dissimilar

These are antonyms for which vocabulary term?

• psychology

• genre

• parallel

• criticism

Select the correct term to complete the sentence below.

The student had to ​ (a)   a laugh while the teacher was yelling at the class for excessive talking.

• stifle
• justify
• wary
• vex

Select the correct term to complete the sentence below.

My mother always says, "Be​ (a)   of the company you keep. They could lead you down the wrong path."

• wary
• vehemently
• parallel
• acute

Choose a synonym for the term convention.

• rare

• opposite

• particular

• tradition

I predict that the lines for the ride are going to get longer the later it gets.

Which word is an antonym for the underlined term?

• misunderstand

• forsee

• project

• anticipate

Brief statement or account of the main points of something

• technique

• summary

• convention

• criticism

I did not appreciate the judge's harsh ​ (a)   of my robot.

• criticism
• praise
• compliment
• approval

My mom tried to do reverse ​ (a)   on me to get me to clean my room!

• psychology
• justification
• vex
• parallel