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: 2025-11-08
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 2025-11-07.
| exertion |     |
n. use of a lot of mental or physical effort; expenditure of much physical work
| substitute | |
v. exchange; use something or someone instead of another thing or person
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2025-11-07 (Back to the Day)
exertion 
n. use of a lot of mental or physical effort; expenditure of much physical work
substitute
v. exchange; use something or someone instead of another thing or person
2025-11-06 (Back to the Day)
identity
n. exact sameness; fact of being who, what a person or thing is; a close similarity
candidate
n. a person who is competing to get a job, prize, or honor
2025-11-05 (Back to the Day)
diameter
n. length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on its edge
alternate
a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
2025-11-04 (Back to the Day)
emphasis
n. special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
missionary
n. a person who has been sent to a foreign country to teach religion
2025-11-03 (Back to the Day)
attendant
n. aide or servant; someone whose job is to help others in a particular situation
accessible
a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
2025-10-31 (Back to the Day)
exhibit
v. show something publicly, make visible or apparent
corruption
n. illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power; bribery or fraud
2025-10-30 (Back to the Day)
Connecticut
n. a state in the northeastern US, a New England state
identical
a. duplicate or alike; being the exact same one
2025-10-29 (Back to the Day)
lantern
n. light in a transparent protective case
escort
v. go with a person or vehicle, especially to make certain to leaves or arrives safely
n. one who conducts someone as attendant; guard
n. one who conducts someone as attendant; guard
2025-10-28 (Back to the Day)
generosity
n. quality or condition of being generous; quality of being noble
imitation
n. copying the actions of someone else; emulation
2025-10-27 (Back to the Day)
recommend
v. suggest that something or someone is the best one to choose
sheer
a. very absolute or pure; nothing other than
a. very steep
a. very steep
2025-10-24 (Back to the Day)
herd
n. flock, crowd, group of cattle or other domestic animals
compliment
n. a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect; praise
2025-10-23 (Back to the Day)
appreciate
v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
disaster
n. an event or fact that has unfortunate consequences; catastrophe
2025-10-22 (Back to the Day)
dependent
a. relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
lieutenant
n. an officer of middle rank in the armed forces
n. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
n. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
2025-10-21 (Back to the Day)
abandon
v. leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever
extend
v. add to something in order to make it bigger or longer
v. reach or continue; stretch something out
v. reach or continue; stretch something out
2025-10-20 (Back to the Day)
continent
n. one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface
exempt
a. not subject to duty or obligation; with special permission not to do or pay something