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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Animal Farm by George Orwell
 Word of the Day for Grade 8
Specified Day: 2026-01-15
biscuitspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a small, flat cake that is dry and usually sweet; cookie
Germain, a glass of sherry and a biscuit.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 39. The Guests.
The major made a wise choice; he took the full glass and a biscuit.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 55. Major Cavalcanti.
The count told Baptistin to leave the plate within reach of his guest, who began by sipping the Alicante with an expression of great satisfaction, and then delicately steeped his biscuit in the wine.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 55. Major Cavalcanti.
dismissalspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. termination of someone's employment
n. permission to go; the sending away of someone
You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
They came therefore to a decision, betook themselves in a body to the king, and begged for their dismissal.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
But he did not venture to give him his dismissal, for he dreaded lest he should strike him and all his people dead, and place himself on the royal throne.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-01-14   (Back to the Day)
  volcano   Example sentences     speak
n. a mountain with a large, circular hole at the top through which lava, gases, and dust are or have been forced out
  stationary   Example sentences     speak
a. fixed or immobile; not capable of being moved
2026-01-13   (Back to the Day)
  apprentice   Example sentences     speak
n. works for an expert to learn a trade; beginner or learner
  uniformity   Example sentences     speak
n. sameness or consistency; not changing or being different in any way
2026-01-12   (Back to the Day)
  accommodate   Example sentences     speak
v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable
  hurricane   Example sentences     speak
n. a violent wind that has a circular movement, especially in the West Atlantic Ocean
2026-01-09   (Back to the Day)
  trillion   Example sentences     speak
n. a thousand billion
  senator   Example sentences     speak
n. a member of a senate; a member of the king's council
2026-01-08   (Back to the Day)
  descendant   Example sentences     speak
n. a person related to someone from an earlier generation; offspring
  inspector   Example sentences     speak
n. someone whose job is to officially inspect something
n. high ranking police officer
2026-01-07   (Back to the Day)
  emphatic   Example sentences     speak
a. done or said in a strong way and without any doubt
  supervision   Example sentences     speak
n. management by overseeing the performance and making certain that everything is done correctly
2025-12-22   (Back to the Day)
  contradict   Example sentences     speak
v. deny the truth of a statement, especially by asserting the opposite; confront
  elastic   Example sentences     speak
a. springing back; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
2025-12-19   (Back to the Day)
  literal   Example sentences     speak
a. according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
  novelist   Example sentences     speak
n. one who writes novels
2025-12-18   (Back to the Day)
  thermometer   Example sentences     speak
n. instrument for measuring temperature
  commotion   Example sentences     speak
n. a sudden, short period of noise, confusion, or excited movement
2025-12-17   (Back to the Day)
  impartial   Example sentences     speak
a. fair; showing lack of favoritism
  ancestor   Example sentences     speak
n. a person related to you who lived a long time ago; forefather, forerunner, or predecessor
2025-12-16   (Back to the Day)
  strait   Example sentences     speak
n. a narrow area of sea that connects two larger areas of sea
a. narrow or not broad
  predecessor   Example sentences     speak
n. former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
2025-12-15   (Back to the Day)
  regulate   Example sentences     speak
v. control something, especially by making it work in a particular way; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  pavilion   Example sentences     speak
n. a large building in which sports or entertainments take place
2025-12-12   (Back to the Day)
  adventurous   Example sentences     speak
a. willing to try new or difficult things; willing to engage in adventures
  exaggeration   Example sentences     speak
n. act of making something more noticeable than it really is; overstatement
2025-12-11   (Back to the Day)
  cemetery   Example sentences     speak
n. place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
  superintendent   Example sentences     speak
n. a person who is in charge of work done in a particular department or office
n. janitor or custodian in a building
2025-12-10   (Back to the Day)
  concession   Example sentences     speak
n. something that is allowed or given up, often to end a disagreement; act of yielding
  operate   Example sentences     speak
v. be in action or have an effect
v. cut a body open to fix an unhealthy or damaged part
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