8th Grade Words of the Day

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 8 students learn words at their levels efficiently. In addition to showing words of the current day, the page also has words of the recent 15 or 50 days to review. It's a handy app for 8th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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 Word of the Day for Grade 8
Specified Day: 2026-04-18

There is no new word today!
Every weekend, the first day of each month, winter break (Dec 23 to Jan 6), and summer (part of July and all of August) are word-free days.
Today has no new words, but you can review the recent ones from 2026-04-17.

moccasinspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans
jaguarspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a large wild animal of the cat family that lives in Central and South America
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-04-17   (Back to the Day)
  moccasin   Example sentences     speak
n. soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans
  jaguar   Example sentences     speak
n. a large wild animal of the cat family that lives in Central and South America
2026-04-16   (Back to the Day)
  interjection   Example sentences     speak
n. an abrupt remark, made especially as an interruption
n. an occasion when someone interrupts someone else
  bayou   Example sentences     speak
n. an area of slowly moving water at the side of the main river
2026-04-15   (Back to the Day)
  minutiae   Example sentences     speak
n. the small, precise, or trivial details of something
  trigonometry   Example sentences     speak
n. a type of mathematics that deals with the relationship between the angles and sides of triangles
2026-04-14   (Back to the Day)
  anthropology   Example sentences     speak
n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
  solstice   Example sentences     speak
n. either of the two times of a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
2026-04-13   (Back to the Day)
  misdemeanor   Example sentences     speak
n. minor crime; evil conduct; misdeed
  supervise   Example sentences     speak
v. manage a department or project and make sure that things are done correctly; administer
2026-04-10   (Back to the Day)
  nonchalant   Example sentences     speak
a. behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested or do not care
  sponsor   Example sentences     speak
v. support a person or activity by giving money or other help
2026-04-09   (Back to the Day)
  auditorium   Example sentences     speak
n. area of theater or concert hall where audience sits
n. a large public building where meetings and concerts are held
  stationery   Example sentences     speak
n. paper cut to right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
2026-04-08   (Back to the Day)
  acclaim   Example sentences     speak
v. applaud; give public approval and praise
  confiscate   Example sentences     speak
v. officially take private property away from someone, usually by legal authority
2026-04-07   (Back to the Day)
  correlation   Example sentences     speak
n. mutual relationship; a connection between two or more facts
  shear   Example sentences     speak
v. cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
2026-04-06   (Back to the Day)
  encyclopedia   Example sentences     speak
n. a reference work containing articles on various topics
  exasperate   Example sentences     speak
v. make someone very annoyed, usually when in difficult situations
2026-04-03   (Back to the Day)
  penguin   Example sentences     speak
n. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern Antarctic regions
  commitment   Example sentences     speak
n. a promise or firm decision to do something
n. act of binding yourself to a course of action
2026-04-02   (Back to the Day)
  abbreviation   Example sentences     speak
n. shortening something by omitting parts of it
  maneuver   Example sentences     speak
n. a movement or set of movements needing skill and care; strategy
2026-03-31   (Back to the Day)
  gazelle   Example sentences     speak
n. small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having large eyes
  aqueduct   Example sentences     speak
n. a structure for carrying water across land, especially one like bridge that carries pipes or a canal across a valley
2026-03-30   (Back to the Day)
  accountant   Example sentences     speak
n. one who maintains and audits business accounts
  adolescence   Example sentences     speak
n. state of growing up from childhood to adult; transitional period between youth and maturity
2026-03-27   (Back to the Day)
  congestion   Example sentences     speak
n. act of gathering, heaping together, or forming a mass
  iceberg   Example sentences     speak
n. a large mass of ice floating at sea
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