Week 11 &12 Vocab Quiz, Grade 8

This Intro to Poetry course is a(n) ____ for the Advanced Poetry course; you must pass the first class before you can take the second one.

• prerequisite

• digression

• anachronism

• iconoclast

The ____ child kept grumbling about how bored he was in the store.

• exasperate

• querulous

• repugnant

• impetuous

A(n) ____ smell rose from the trash pile.

• incorrigible

• extemporaneous

• repugnant

• impetuous

She is a(n) ____ student; no amount of discipline will keep her from misbehaving.

• incorrigible

• querulous

• iconoclast

• exasperate

Please do not ____ your grandmother with constant requests.

• repugnant

• digression

• extemporaneous

• aggravate

• exasperate

His ____ speech at the wedding was very good for something that hadn’t been written beforehand.

• impetuous

• prerequisite

• extemporaneous

• anachronism

Jason, always a(n) ____, explained why he disagreed with his family’s holiday traditions.

• iconoclast

• querulous

• incorrigible

• prerequisite

As you pick your classes for next year, do not be ____ in your decisions; choose your courses carefully.

• extemporaneous

• querulous

• impetuous

• repugnant

The play director asked me to remove my digital watch because the play was set in the 1800s, so it was a(n) ____.

• digression

• anachronism

• prerequisite

• iconoclast

The teacher’s ____ led him off topic for a good five minutes.

• digression

• repugnant

• extemporaneous

• impetuous