Vocab #2 - 8th Grade

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

1. Quick to respond
2. Eagerness

Question 2

Array

Answer 2

1. A large group of people or things.
2. An orderly arrangement or display.
3. To dress up.

Question 3

Deduce

Answer 3

To draw a conclusion from given facts.

Question 4

Encumber

Answer 4

1. To weigh down or burden.
2. To impede the action of.

Question 5

Fraught

Answer 5

Full or accompanied by (usually followed by with)

Question 6

Haphazard

Answer 6

Marked by lack of plan, order, or direction.

Question 7

Incontrovertible

Answer 7

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable.

Question 8

Inexplicable

Answer 8

Hard to explain or impossible to understand.

Question 9

Ingenious

Answer 9

Marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness.

Question 10

Laggard

Answer 10

One who falls behind others because of moving slowly or loitering; a straggler.

Question 11

Sustenance

Answer 11

Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live.

Question 12

Torrid

Answer 12

1. Intensively hot and dry.
2. Burning with passion.

Question 13

Traverse

Answer 13

Tom pass over, across, or through.

Question 14

Ubiquitous

Answer 14

Appearing to be present in large numbers or in many different places.

Question 15

Zenith

Answer 15

The highest point; the peak