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Grade 8 Root Words
What does the Latin word "ab" mean?
  1. muscle
  2. departing from
  3. feeling
Grade 8 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.8.4

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In the next to last line, the speaker uses the word TEMPEST. The meaning of the word tempest is most likely
  1. a play by Shakespeare.
  2. a Greek god.
  3. a calm ride on a ship.
  4. a violent, windy storm.
Grade 8 Defining Words
Which word best describes the word analyze?
  1. to look at
  2. to study
  3. to study something closely
  4. none of the above
Grade 8 Defining Words
What does frivolous mean?
  1. worry
  2. unimportant, silly
  3. sad or lonely
  4. understanding of feelings
Grade 8 Defining Words
In the summer, I love to go watch baseball games. Therefore, I am a ...
  1. Specular
  2. Spectator
  3. Spectacle
Grade 8 Defining Words
For biology class the students dissected the frog or...
  1. Cut the frog
  2. Labeled the frog
  3. Replaced the frog
Grade 8 Defining Words
The definition of the word erode is:
  1. to support
  2. to suggest
  3. to get in the way
  4. to wear away
Grade 8 Defining Words
Which word means "how parts are arranged or organized"?
  1. analyze
  2. summative
  3. narrative
  4. structured
Grade 8 Defining Words
The definition of the word imply is:
  1. a false impression
  2. to suggest or express indirectly
  3. to get in the way or create a barrier
  4. to strike another object
Grade 8 Suffixes
-ity
  1. doing, having, showing
  2. condition, state of being
  3. state or quality of being
  4. without
Grade 8 Defining Words
My grandmother was inactive as she grew older. She became more...
  1. Spectator
  2. Sophmoric
  3. Sedentary
Grade 8 Defining Words
An unusually talented person or wonder is a/an                .
  1. essential
  2. province
  3. finery
  4. prodigy
Grade 8 Defining Words
The definition of the word idealistic is:
  1. to emphasize ideals and principles over practical concerns
  2. to make a false impression
  3. to claim that you are something you are not
  4. to express approval of
Grade 8 Root Words
What does "acumen" mean?
  1. intelligent
  2. school
  3. sharp point
Grade 8 Defining Words
Which word means the traditions, beliefs, attitudes, behaviors of shared by a group of people?
  1. culture
  2. origin
  3. nationality
  4. none of the above
Grade 8 Root Words
Aisthesis is a root word meaning "                 "
  1. sensation/feeling
  2. needle/pin
  3. man/woman
  4. to/up to
Grade 8 Synonyms
A synonym for commotion is                .
  1. quiet
  2. calm
  3. peace
  4. uproar
Grade 8 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.8.4
arrogant and controlling
  1. imminent
  2. imperious
  3. impending
  4. egregious
Grade 8 Frequently Confused Words
The first day of school is a big                 for many children.
  1. event
  2. conclusion
  3. agreement
  4. odor
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