Middle School Vocabulary Jeopardy

This is a synonym for happy that also means feeling joy or delight.

What is glad?

This is a synonym for smart that means having or showing quick intelligence.

What is clever?

This is a synonym for angry that means feeling or showing strong displeasure.

What is furious?

This is a synonym for tired that means completely lacking in energy.

What is exhausted?

This is a synonym for hesitant that means unwilling or slow to act out of doubt.

What is reluctant?

This is an antonym for begin that means to bring something to an end.

What is finish?

This is an antonym for generous that means unwilling to give or share.

What is stingy?

This is an antonym for genuine that means made to imitate something real.

What is artificial?

This is an antonym for humble that means having an unduly high opinion of oneself.

What is arrogant?

This is an antonym for concise that means using far more words than necessary.

What is verbose?

In the sentence The gregarious puppy greeted every visitor with excited tail wags, this is what gregarious most likely means based on context.

What is sociable?

In the sentence After the marathon, her legs felt like lead, and she could barely shuffle to the couch, this is what shuffle most likely means based on context.

What is to walk slowly?

In the sentence After the drought, the farmers harvested only a meager crop, barely enough to feed their families, this is what meager most likely means based on context.

What is very small in amount?

In the sentence The detective's meticulous notes recorded every detail of the crime scene, this is what meticulous most likely means based on context.

What is very careful?

In the sentence The ancient castle's dilapidated walls were crumbling and covered in vines, this is what dilapidated most likely means based on context.

What is falling apart?

This prefix means not or opposite of, as in the words unhappy and unfair.

What is un-?

This prefix means before, as in the words preview and prehistoric.

What is pre-?

This suffix means full of, as in the words joyful and careful.

What is -ful?

This suffix turns a verb into a noun meaning the act of doing something, as in celebration and creation.

What is -tion?

This prefix means again or back, as in the words rewrite and return.

What is re-?

This Latin root means to write, as in the words manuscript and scripture.

What is script?

This Greek root means life, as in the words biology and biography.

What is bio?

This Greek root means the study of, as in the words biology and geology.

What is -ology?

This Latin root means to see, as in the words visible and television.

What is vis?

This Greek root means fear, as in the words claustrophobia and arachnophobia.

What is phobia?

This word has a more negative connotation than curious when describing someone who asks a lot of personal questions.

What is nosy?

This word has a more positive connotation than cheap when describing someone careful with money.

What is frugal?

This word has a more negative connotation than firm when describing someone who pushes their opinions on others.

What is pushy?

This word has a more positive connotation than strange when describing something interesting because it is one of a kind.

What is unique?

This is the more precise, formal word for a job or profession, often used in place of the vaguer word job in professional writing.

What is occupation?