8th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 1
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| admire | To approve or be revere something or someone. | We admire your hard work and dedication. | adore, appreciate, honor | look down on, scorn, despise | Verb |
| leverage | Using force in a way to pry something away or out of something. | The man used leverage to get the car out of the mud. | grip, strength, weight | Noun | |
| meticulous | Being extra careful about details. | The accountant is meticulous in his work. | cautious, methodical, systematic | sloppy, careless, negligent | Adjective |
| legitimate | Being lawfully correct. | He is the legitimate heir to the throne. | lawful, authentic, rightful | false, illegal, incorrect | Adjective |
| conclude | To close or stop something. | Let's go ahead and conclude the meeting now so we can go to lunch. | complete, end, halt | start, commence, begin | Verb |
| brazen | Without constraint, without care for what others think. | The crowd was shocked by the man's brazen behavior. | bold, audacious, shameless | humble, modest, timid | Adjective |
| appendage | Something attached to something else. | The surgeon will be able to reattach the appendage. | adjunct, addition, appendix | Noun | |
| judicious | Having good judgement. | Building a new track was a judicious use of school funds. | reasoned, smart, deductive | imprudent, thoughtless, tactless | Adjective |
| persuasive | To be able to convince others. | The politician was very persuasive and got the audience to vote for her. | compelling, credible, effective | ineffective, unimpressive, dissuasive | Adjective |
| adhesive | To be sticky or made to stick to something. | The adhesive left a gummy residue. | glue, gum, cement | Noun | |
| inaudible | Not able to be heard. | She struggled to hear the sound on the video, which was completely inaudible. | indistinct, stifled, hushed | clear, distinct, perceptible | Adjective |
| sarcastic | Behaving or speaking in a way that is biting and arrogant. | Her overly sarcastic humor made others uncomfortable. | disparaging, bitter, disrespectful | complimentary, kind, courteous | Adjective |
| ominous | Seeming as if a bad or unpleasant thing will happen. | The dark clouds looked more ominous as the storm approached. | threatening, foreboding, impending | hopeful, pleasant, cheerful | Adjective |
| surveillance | Observing those who are suspicious. | Those criminals are under surveillance by the police. | scrutiny, inspection, supervision | Noun | |
| truncate | To cut off. | The program will truncate anything over 200 characters. | crop, abbreviate, trim | lengthen, increase, expand | Verb |
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