8th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 10
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enamored | To be filled with strong feelings of love or admiration. | He was enamored with her beauty and charm. | infatuated, captivated, attracted | averse, indifferent, uninterested | Verb |
| insidious | Causing harm in a way that is gradual and hard to notice. | The disease was insidious and progressed slowly. | treacherous, deceptive, subtle | Adjective | |
| resilient | Capable of withstanding or recovering quickly from adversity. | The resilient plant was able to survive the harsh conditions. | tough, hardy, strong | weak, fragile, delicate | Adjective |
| underlying | Of or relating to the simplest facts or points of a subject or thing. | The judge tried to keep track of the underlying points during the long and complicated trial. | basic, fundamental, essential | complex, advanced, intricate | Adjective |
| depravity | The quality of being morally wicked, corrupt, or evil. | The historian considered biological weapons a depravity of modern warfare. | dissolutness, perversion, turpitude | virtue, morality, goodness | Noun |
| strata | A layer or layers of rock or sediment characterized by similar properties. | The geologist examined the different strata in the rock formation. | grade, level, bed | Noun | |
| unwavering | Steady or solidly unvarying. | His unwavering commitment to the cause never changed. | unchanging, undeviating, invariant | unsteady, deviating, ununiform | Adjective |
| unsettling | Causing uneasiness and being disturbing or upsetting in nature. | The horror movie had an unsettling effect on the audience. | troubling, distressing, frightening | calming, comforting, soothing | Adjective |
| churlish | Marked by rudeness or lack of graciousness. | His churlish behavior made him unpopular with his colleagues. | boorish, uncouth, cloddish | polite, classy, couth | Adjective |
| forgo | To give up or decline to take. | He had to forgo his vacation plans due to the pandemic. | refuse, abstain, reject | take, keep, claim | Verb |
| trivial | Of little importance or value. | The kind man didn't get angry with trivial mistakes. | minor, small, insignificant | major, substantial, consequential | Adjective |
| gregarious | Tending to be fond of the presence of others. | She was a gregarious person and loved hosting guests at her home. | sociable, outgoing, friendly | antisocial, reclusive, insociable | Adjective |
| topical | Referring to current topics of the day or place. | The lecture was topical, covering current events in the field or medicine. | nominal, contemporary, modern | old, past, irrelevant | Adjective |
| intrepid | Characterized by fearlessness and adventurousness. | He was an intrepid explorer and wasn't afraid of danger. | courageous, brave, gallant | fearful, cowardly, craven | Adjective |
| underprivileged | Deprived by social or economic condition to not enjoy a similar standard of living as the majority of people. | The charity raised millions of dollars for underprivileged people in the community. | disadvantaged, impovershed, destitute | affluent, wealthy, fortunate | Adjective |
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