8Th Grade Vocabulary Word List

Week 1
abuse
acceptance
access
accessory
accommodations
activate
adapt
adept
adequate
adjacent

Week 4
barbarism
basis
baste
bewilder
blockade
boisterous
boycott
burly
calamity
calculation

Week 7
considerate
contagious
contemporary
controversy
convert
creative
customary
decade
deceased
deceive

Week 10
dismantle
dispatch
dispense
dissect
distraction
durable
eccentric
ecology
elegant
eligible

Week 2
advantageous
advent
aeronautics
affliction
aggressive
alliance
anonymous
antibiotics
anxiety
appalling

Week 5
capital
casual
catastrophe
category
censorship
charitable
chronic
circulate
circumnavigate
clarify

Week 8
dedicate
deduction
defy
delegate
demolish
denial
depose
derive
descend
despise

Week 11
embarrass
emigrate
eminent
emphasize
endorse
enhance
epidemic
erosion
essay
evacuate

Week 3
aristocrat
aroma
articulate
aspiration
assumption
attain
automaton
badger
baffle
bankrupt

Week 6
climax
colossal
commute
complement
condemn
confederation
confide
confiscate
conjecture
consecutive

Week 9
detach
dictate
dilapidated
dilute
diminish
dingy
diplomat
disagreeable
discord
disintegrate

Week 12
exaggeration
exertion
extensive
falter
famine
famished
feasible
felony
ferocious
fictitious

Include the part of speech, definition, and a sentence for each word. Your
sentences must have at least seven words in each.

Week 13
folklore
foresight
foreword
fortnight
fragile
fragment
fraudulent
frequency
gallery
generate

Week 16
imply
impose
improvise
impulsive
incite
inclination
incomparable
inconsiderate
indelible
inevitable

Week 19
literal
malfunction
malnutrition
manageable
maroon
massage
meddlesome
memento
menace
menagerie

Week 22
optimism
pacify
pamphlet
parasitic
persistent
petition
petty
pewter
phenomenon
photogenic

Week 14
glorify
gnarled
gracious
grieve
hamper
harmonious
haughty
haven
hilarious
homicide

Week 17
inflexible
ingenious
inherit
inquisitive
insoluble
integrity
intelligible
intensity
intentional
intercept

Week 20
miscellaneous
misdeed
modify
monopoly
morale
multicolored
multitude
mutual
myriad
nationality

Week 23
picturesque
pious
planetarium
pleasantry
pollute
populate
posterity
potential
prearrange
predicament

Week 15
hospitable
humidity
humiliate
hydraulic
hypothesis
illuminate
immense
immigrate
immune
imperative

Week 18
intervene
intrigue
invariable
isolation
jeopardize
jubilation
knoll
latent
liable
liberate

Week 21
negligent
neutral
notify
nourish
novelty
obituary
obscure
occupant
occurrence
omission

Week 24
premier
premiere
presume
primitive
privilege
probable
probation
propaganda
proposal
provision

Week 25
pulverize
pun
punctual
quaint
quench
rebate
recuperate
refuge
regime
remorse

Week 26
remote
resolute
respiration
restore
restrain
revelation
rigid
riotous
romantic
ruthless

Week 29
tariff
tarnish
technology
temperament
testify
therapy
thrifty
thrive
titanic
transit

Week 30
tumult
unique
upbraid
urban
urgent
valid
valor
verify
vitality
warranty

Week 27
sable
salutation
sanctuary
sarcasm
satire
saturate
secluded
sedate
sincerity
sinew

Week 28
spacious
sphere
sterile
strategy
successor
summit
superficial
sustain
synthetic
tangible