Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 8

What does the word "brusque" mean?

• capable of recovering quickly from misfortune

• abrupt in manner or speech; gruff

• a slight suspicion; a vague idea

• to shrink from in disgust; to detest

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does the word "resilient" mean?

• capable of recovering quickly from misfortune

• cunning or deceit in dealing with others

• very careful; showing judgment and wisdom

• voluntary and unplanned

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does the word "derive" mean?

• to take or receive from a source

• to provide evidence to make more certain

• a person’s usual mood; temperament

• showing little spirit or enthusiasm

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word "corroborate" mean?

• to shrink from in disgust; to detest

• to provide evidence to make more certain

• quick-tempered; irritable

• a slight suspicion; a vague idea

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word "guile" mean?

• cunning or deceit in dealing with others

• very careful; showing judgment and wisdom

• voluntary and unplanned

• a person’s usual mood; temperament

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word "disposition" mean?

• a person’s usual mood; temperament

• showing little spirit or enthusiasm

• quick-tempered; irritable

• capable of recovering quickly from misfortune

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word "spontaneous" mean?

• very careful; showing judgment and wisdom

• voluntary and unplanned

• to take or receive from a source

• abrupt in manner or speech; gruff

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does the word "irascible" mean?

• quick-tempered; irritable

• a slight suspicion; a vague idea

• to shrink from in disgust; to detest

• cunning or deceit in dealing with others

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does the word "abhor" mean?

• to shrink from in disgust; to detest

• showing little spirit or enthusiasm

• to provide evidence to make more certain

• capable of recovering quickly from misfortune

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does the word "inkling" mean?

• a slight suspicion; a vague idea

• very careful; showing judgment and wisdom

• abrupt in manner or speech; gruff

• a person’s usual mood; temperament

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6