All Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #114 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Select the word that matches the definition:
A serious, determined effort
Indulgence
Enticement
Endeavor
Imperative
Endeavor
Answer: Endeavor
Example Question #115 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Select the word that matches the definition:
Capable of being done
Feasible
Audacious
Conscientious
Ambiguous
Feasible
Answer: Feasible
Example Question #116 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Select the word that matches the definition:
Arranged in order of time
Chronological
Consequential
Collinear
Consecutive
Chronological
Answer: Chronological
Example Question #117 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Select the word that matches the definition:
No longer in use or no longer useful
Spontaneous
Apprehensive
Prudent
Obsolete
Obsolete
Answer: Obsolete
Example Question #118 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Which of the following is closest in meaning to “widespread”?
Presupposed
Prevalent
Profound
Preoccupied
Prevalent
Answer: Prevalent
Example Question #119 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
All of the following can mean “to begin” except:
Commence
Initiate
Embark
Cease
Cease
Answer: Cease
Example Question #120 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Which of the following words best describes someone who overcomes challenges?
Resilient
Residual
Respiratory
Resentful
Resigned
Resilient
Answer: Resilient
Example Question #121 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Which of the following words would best be used to describe items that follow one another in order?
Conditional
Conciliatory
Conscientious
Conscripted
Consecutive
Consecutive
Answer: Consecutive
Example Question #122 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Which of the following most nearly means “represent, show, or describe”?
Depict
Depose
Deprecate
Deploy
Deputize
Depict
Answer: Depict
Example Question #123 : Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts
Which of the following words most nearly means “a conclusion derived without sufficient evidence”?
Anthology
Tirade
Despondent
Pseudonym
Conjecture
Conjecture
Answer: Conjecture
All Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources
