Vocabulary Grade 8 — Set 2: In Context flashcards
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Hidden inside the free game download was ______ code, written on purpose to erase players' homework files and crash their laptops.maliciousCharacter & Behavior
The code was written on purpose to do harm, which is malicious. Spiteful suggests getting back at someone, and these players had done nothing to anyone. -
When the letter said she had won the national essay contest, Ama let out an ______ shriek and called every relative she could think of.ecstaticFeelings & Attitudes
A shriek at big, happy news shows someone bursting with excitement and joy. Exhilarated usually describes the person who is thrilled, not a sound, and agitated means nervous and upset. -
Ski shops usually ______ a busy weekend after a big snowfall, so they hire extra workers and stock up on rental boots.anticipateThinking & Knowing
They get ready for the rush they expect, with extra workers and boots. Presume means to treat a guess as a fact, not to prepare for it. -
Twisting and tugging eight strings with quick fingers, the puppeteer could ______ the wooden dragon's wings and tail at once, making the wings flap and the tail curl.manipulateSpeaking & Arguing
Working the strings to make the wings flap and the tail curl is skillfully controlling how something moves. Employ and utilize mean only to use something, not to move it skillfully by hand. -
Though Marco struggles with spelling, he seems to ______ at anything involving numbers, from mental math to chess.excelActions & Effort
Shining at something takes "at." Surpass needs an object, someone you do better than, and flourish means to thrive, not to be skilled. -
While the other hot-air balloons drifted away, ours stayed ______, tied to the field with ropes as it swelled bigger and bigger.stationaryChange & Growth
Staying in one place while the others drift away is the clue.
Also right: static -
Packing up the old school and moving everything into the new building was a ______ job: forty volunteers spent three weekends carrying desks, books and lab equipment across town.monumentalSize & Amount
Forty people working three weekends make the job very great in size and effort. Cosmic can mean huge, but it has no sense of effort, and noteworthy would only make the move worth mentioning. -
The tiny glass hummingbird was simple in design but ______: its thin wings were as delicate as paper and shimmered whenever sunlight hit them.exquisiteQuality & Judgment
Delicate, shimmering beauty is the clue. "Simple in design" rules out elaborate, which would mean a busy design full of carefully arranged parts. -
Several countries have decided to ______ their smallest coins, since each one costs more to make than it is worth.abolishSociety & Power
Officially ending the use of a coin is to abolish it. Overthrow is for ending a ruler's or government's hold on power, usually through violence. -
After a wet spring, the pasture behind the barn grew ______, its grass so thick and green that the sheep sank into it.lushNature & Time
Grass so thick and green that the sheep sink into it describes growth, which is lush. Bountiful means a plentiful supply to use, like a harvest, and rugged means rough and rocky.
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