Grade 8
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| antics | (n.pl.)ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
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| avowed | (adj.,part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
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| banter | (v.) to exchange playful remarks , tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing
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| bountiful | (adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
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| congested | (adj.,part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
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| detriment | (n.) harm or loss; injury,damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
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| durable | (adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n.pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
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| enterprising | (adj.) energetic , willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
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| frugal | (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
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| gingerly | (adj.,adv.) with extreme care or caution
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| glut | (v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply
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| incognito | (adj.,adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise
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| invalidate | (v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
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| legendary | (adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
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| maim | (v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
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| minimize | (v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
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| oblique | (adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
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| veer | (v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve
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| venerate | (v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
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| wanton | (adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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