8th ELA Vocabulary 3 Review

The presenter's ___________ let the crowd know how excited he was to be there.

• gangly

• zeal

• lectern

• discernible

The teacher stood behind the ____________ while talking to the class.

• humdinger

• ingenuity

• lectern

• notorious

The dog's ____________ behavior got him kicked out of doggy daycare.

• volatile

• nonchalance

• unencumbered

• scrupulous

I've answered a lot of hard questions as a researcher, but that one was a real ________________.

• entrepreneurship

• pericynthion

• doggedly

• humdinger

The class took their quiz, ____________________ by the noise coming from the room next door.

• volatile

• unencumbered

• indefatigable

• predicated

The ______________ newborn colt could barely stand on his wobbly legs.

• gangly

• notorious

• ensconced

• galvanize

The tornado's ________________ path ripped through the city.

• scrupulous

• ferocious

• ingenuity

• predicated

We found the treasure safely _____________ in the dragon's lair.

• ensconced

• discernible

• lectern

• draconian

The new employee is __________________ for not getting to work on time.

• unabashedly

• notorious

• indefatigable

• nonchalance

The stubborn child ________________ followed his big brother, despite being told he couldn't go with him.

• volatile

• gangly

• doggedly

• predicated