8th Grade Words for Hyde Park, New York

Words for 8th Grade students of Hyde Park Central School District.

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8th Grade Vocabulary List

8th Grade Words for Hyde Park Central School District

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abhor
v. fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate

abrasive
a. rubbing away; tending to grind down

alternative
a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice

ambiguous
a. unclear or doubtful in meaning

amiss
a. out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty

anarchy
n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

anonymous
a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

anthology
n. book of literary selections by various authors

apathy
n. lack of caring; indifference

apprehend
v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive

assimilate
v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

assumption
n. something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of

audacious
a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

authority
n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws

avid
a. greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm

ban
n. official prohibition; decree that prohibits something

belligerent
a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

bisect
v. cut in half or cut in two

bizarre
a. fantastic; very strange and unusuall in style or appearance

boycott
v. refrain from buying or using

capable
a. having the ability required for a specific task

cause
n. a person or thing that gives rise to an action

characterize
v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

chronological
a. arranged in order of time of occurrence

commence
v. have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin

compels
v. force somebody to do something

concise
a. brief and compact; expressing much in few words

conclude
v. enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end

confiscate
v. officially take private property away from someone, usually by legal authority

conjecture
v. guess, based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof

conscientious
a. wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly; diligent; responsible; reliable

consecutive
a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

consistent
a. being in agreement with itself; always behaving or happening in a similar

construct
v. form by assembling or combining parts; build; create

contrast
n. act of distinguishing by comparing differences

corroborate
v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence

depict
v. represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe

derive
v. obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of

despicable
a. fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless

despondent
a. unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm

elapse
v. slip or glide away; pass away silently

embark
v. commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey

encompass
v. surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop

endeavor
v. attempt by employing effort; try to do something

evidence
n. something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof

evoke
v. bring out; arouse; call forth

feasible
a. capable of being accomplished or brought about

focus
n. most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity

formula
n. plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

generation
n. all offspring at same stage from common ancestor; interval of time between the birth of parents and their offspring

gruesome
a. causing horror; frightful and shocking

imminent
a. near at hand; close in time; about to occur

impel
v. drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure

imperative
n. having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent

inspire
v. encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of

integrate
v. make whole; combine; make into one unit

interrogate
v. question closely; examine by questioning formally or officially

merge
v. combine; unite

modify
v. alter; make partial or minor changes to

mutiny
n. open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

narrate
v. to give an account or tell the story of

novice
n. beginner; person new to a field or activity

obsolete
a. no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated

opposition
n. condition of being in conflict; act of opposing something

perish
v. be destroyed; pass away; become nothing

perspective
n. appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista

persuasive
a. capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief

plagiarize
v. steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own

precise
a. exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct

prediction
n. something foretold or predicted; prophecy

prevalent
a. widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted

procedure
n. act or manner of moving forward; steps taken in an action

profound
a. deep; not superficial; far-reaching

proprietor
n. one who has legal title to something; owner

prudent
a. cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests

pseudonym
n. pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role

quote
v. name the price of; state a price for securities, goods, or services

rebel
v. revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs

rebuff
v. offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back

rebuke
v. scold harshly; criticize severely

recur
v. reappear; happen or occur again

resilient
a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily

response
n. the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

reverberate
v. to throw or bend back, from a surface; ring or echo with sound; spring back; spring away from an impact

significant
a. fairly large; important in effect or meaning

similar
a. like or alike; of the same kind

simulate
v. make a pretence of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks

simultaneous
a. existing, happening, or done at the same time

source
n. point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates

specific
a. stated explicitly or in detail; definite

spontaneous
a. arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor

surmise
v. guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence

theory
n. doctrine or scheme of things; general or abstract principles of any science

tirade
n. extended scolding; long angry or violent speech

universal
a. relating to the entire world or all within the world; affecting all; present everywhere

validate
v. confirm; ratify; declare or make legally valid

variable
n. factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant

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