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Grade 8 Defining Words
Knotty
  1. Difficult to solve
  2. Crazy or weird
  3. Lumpy
  4. To get tangled up
Grade 8 Defining Words
If something is fair or just, it is said to be                .
  1. empathy
  2. equitable
  3. divert
  4. fortitude
Grade 8 Defining Words
If someone tells you that your clothes flatter you, what does he/she mean?
  1. he/she is praising you
  2. he/she is making fun of you
  3. he/she thinks your clothes are lame
  4. he/she thinks you look silly
Grade 8 Defining Words
Define detect:
  1. upset
  2. discover
  3. notice
  4. blind
Grade 8 Defining Words
Barricade means                                         .
  1. to forget something important
  2. a barrier
  3. to hate someone for no reason
  4. a belief that you are greater than others
Grade 8 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.8.4, L.8.4d
                is a noun which means a forward movement.
  1. Critically
  2. Momentum
  3. Perplexed
  4. Jauntily
Grade 8 Defining Words
What is glowered?
  1. glowing lights from a candle
  2. large, deep cooking pot
  3. scattered; sent off in different directions
  4. looked at angrily
Grade 8 Defining Words
What is the definition of URGENT?
  1. when you urge someone to do something
  2. calling for immediate attention
  3. scattered; sent off in different directions
  4. odd; unusual
Grade 8 Defining Words
Drama
  1. clear and precise pronunciation of words
  2. stage representation of a story
  3. practice session through repetition
  4. a play
Grade 8 Defining Words
existing, occurring, or operating at the same time
  1. simultaneously
  2. instantaneous
  3. interference
  4. hideous
Grade 8 Defining Words
Covert
  1. A fine shade of meaning
  2. Famous
  3. Hidden; Undercover
  4. To cause
Grade 8 Defining Words
Tension
  1. ridiculous
  2. calm
  3. worry
  4. stress-free
Grade 8 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.8.4
a hot spot left in a fire
  1. ember
  2. wood
  3. coal
  4. flame
Grade 8 Defining Words
Which word is not a synonym for futility?
  1. uselessness
  2. worthlessness
  3. ineffective
  4. usefulness
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