Vocabulary Grade 8 — Set 1: In Context flashcards
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After the war ended, the former enemies slowly rebuilt ______ relations, exchanging ambassadors and reopening embassies in each other's capitals.diplomaticCharacter & Behavior
Ambassadors and embassies point to dealings between countries. Civic is about a town and the duties of its citizens, not one nation's ties with another. -
Unlike a chair or a rock, kindness is ______: you can't hold it, weigh it or take its picture, though you can see what it does.abstractThinking & Knowing
Something you can't hold, weigh or photograph is found only in the mind. Universal would mean shared by everyone, which the chair-and-rock contrast isn't about. -
After the storm, we checked the rain ______ in the garden and found almost three inches of water in its little plastic tube.gaugeThinking & Knowing
A tube that tells how much rain fell is a kind of meter. A probe explores or investigates; it doesn't show a level. -
The real thief hid the stolen necklace in the gardener's toolbox to ______ him, hoping the police would never look any further.frameSpeaking & Arguing
Planting evidence pins the blame on someone innocent. Deceive would mean fooling the gardener himself, but it's the police who are fooled. -
The zoo hopes to ______ a pair of red pandas from another zoo next spring, which would make it the first in the state to have them.acquireActions & Effort
Getting new animals from another zoo adds something valuable to what the zoo owns. Attain is for reaching a goal or level, not getting an animal. -
Shuffling across the carpet in socks builds up ______ electricity, which is why touching a doorknob afterward can give you a small shock.staticChange & Growth
Electricity that builds up on a surface and jumps as a shock is static. Stationary means staying in one place and doesn't name this kind of electricity. -
Every single culture that scientists have studied makes music of some kind, so the love of music seems truly ______.universalSize & Amount
"Every single culture" means shared by all people. Widespread would mean found in many places, not in every one. -
Since the bakery had started as a pie stand, giving away free slices of pie seemed a ______ way to celebrate its fiftieth birthday.fittingQuality & Judgment
Celebrating with pie suits a bakery that began as a pie stand. Apt means much the same, but it would need "an," not "a." -
Only twelve of the four hundred singers who tried out made the state's brand-new ______ choir, which takes only the very best voices.eliteSociety & Power
A choir of the twelve best singers is among the very best. It is brand-new, so it can't yet be distinguished, famous for its work. -
Grandma's doctor calls her back pain ______, since it has bothered her without a break for over ten years.chronicNature & Time
A doctor's word for pain that has gone on for over ten years is chronic. Periodic pain comes and goes, and eternal means lasting forever.
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