Wordly Wise Lesson 15: Grade 8

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1.

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Find the antonym: STAMINA

frustration

lightheartedness

joy

weakness

2.

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Find the antonym: CHASTISED

warned

lectured

praised

avoided

3.

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Which might make a LURID glow?

a flashlight's beam during the day

a sunset on a hazy evening

a bedside lamp

a streetlight on a clear night

4.

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Find the synonym of: LURID

uncomfortable

gruesome

depressing

irritating

5.

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If someone is going to CULL the herd means to

sing to them

breed more animals

give them shots and vaccinations

remove the weaklings

6.

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Find the synonym of: CHASTISE..

rebuke/punish

instruct

counsel

silence

7.

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To call something IRRATIONAL is to say it is

beautiful

senseless

mean

full of irony

8.

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The park was under police surveillance. The police were...

watching the park carefully

checking occasionally at the park

arresting everyone in the park

never going back to the park

9.

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Find the synonym of: DESIST

insist

sicken

stop

discourage

10.

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Find the synonym of: ASCERTAIN...

protect

organize

determine

explain

11.

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Find the antonym: IRRATIONAL

generous

sensible

impressive

welcoming

12.

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Tabitha felt a sense of FOREBODING when she entered the large, abandoned house. Tabitha felt...

frightened but excited

sick

like something bad was about to happen

like the family who lived their was rich

13.

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How would someone CULL their garden?

plant lots of different types of vegetables

pull the weeds

water the plants well

fertilize the soil

14.

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Find the antonym: RESTIVE

exhausted

friendly

patient

mournful

15.

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overflow: container ::

ENCROACH : army

ENCROACH : sing

ENCROACH: boundary

ENCROACH : advance

16.

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To DISCREDIT a theory is to...

invent it

persuade people to believe it

destroy people's confidence in it

never speak it

17.

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Find the synonym: DEFER

abscond

continue

delay

help along

18.

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Trying to DISCREDIT his claim, Amanda...

asked him to clarify his point

called him naive, ignorant, and stupid

joked about it with him

agreed

19.

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Praise : criticize ::

PERPETUATE: continue

PERPETUATE : terminate

PERPETUATE: rule

PERPETUATE: facilitate

20.

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Find the antonym: HUMANE

unimportant

cruel

disobedient

childish

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