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: 2025-10-20
continentspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface
The continent, as far as it is subject to the monarch of the flying island, passes under the general name of Balnibarbi; and the metropolis, as I said before, is called Lagado.
Gulliver's Travels(V2) By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER IV.
I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got heaps to tell, though I'm not a fine young lady traveling on the continent.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
exemptspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. not subject to duty or obligation; with special permission not to do or pay something
She herself was not exempt from internal emotion, and without having done anything wrong, yet fully comprehended that Luigi was right in reproaching her.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
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Words of the recent 15 days
2025-10-17   (Back to the Day)
  economy   speakExamples  
n. system of trade and industry by which the wealth is made and used
n. efficient use of resources; reduction in cost
  parallel   speakExamples  
a. side by side and having the same distance continuously between them
n. a person or thing that is similar to another
2025-10-16   (Back to the Day)
  picturesque   speakExamples  
a. attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way; scenic
  murmur   speakExamples  
v. make low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water
2025-10-15   (Back to the Day)
  disagreeable   speakExamples  
a. unpleasant or unattractive; not agreeing with tastes or expectations
  spectacle   speakExamples  
n. a public event or show that is exciting to watch; an exciting appearance
2025-10-14   (Back to the Day)
  capture   speakExamples  
v. take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession, especially by force
  recollection   speakExamples  
n. a memory of something; power of recalling ideas to the mind
2025-10-13   (Back to the Day)
  secretary   speakExamples  
n. a person who is the head of an administrative department of government
n. an assistant who handles clerical work for a boss or an organization
  restore   speakExamples  
v. give or bring back; return to its original condition
2025-10-10   (Back to the Day)
  depart   speakExamples  
v. go away or leave, especially on a journey; set out
  medicine   speakExamples  
n. treatment for illness or injury
n. a substance, like a liquid or a pill, that is a treatment for illness or injury
2025-10-09   (Back to the Day)
  procession   speakExamples  
n. a line of people who are all walking or travelling in the same direction, as part of a ceremony
  funeral   speakExamples  
n. ceremony held in connection with burial; end of existence
2025-10-08   (Back to the Day)
  paradise   speakExamples  
n. garden of Eden; any place of complete delight and peace
  hostile   speakExamples  
a. unfriendly and not liking something; showing the disposition of an enemy
2025-10-07   (Back to the Day)
  tragedy   speakExamples  
n. event resulting in great loss and misfortune; disaster
  specific   speakExamples  
a. stated explicitly or in detail; definite
2025-10-06   (Back to the Day)
  physician   speakExamples  
n. a person qualified to practice medicine; a medical doctor but not a surgeon
  submit   speakExamples  
v. refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present
2025-10-03   (Back to the Day)
  invitation   speakExamples  
n. a request to participate, be present, or take part in something
n. action that causes or encourages something to happen
  privilege   speakExamples  
n. special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
2025-10-02   (Back to the Day)
  comparison   speakExamples  
n. considering something similar or of equal quality to something else
n. act of comparing two or more people or things
  criminal   speakExamples  
n. one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by verdict
2025-09-30   (Back to the Day)
  provision   speakExamples  
n. act of supplying or fitting out; food and other necessary items provided
n. a condition or requirement in a legal document
  suspect   speakExamples  
v. have doubts about; distrust
v. think that someone has committed a crime
2025-09-29   (Back to the Day)
  victim   speakExamples  
n. a person who has suffered the effects of violence, illness, or bad luck
  motive   speakExamples  
n. emotion or desire; a reason for doing something
2025-09-26   (Back to the Day)
  treasure   speakExamples  
n. very valuable things, usually as precious metals, precious stones, or money
n. a collection of precious things
  enterprise   speakExamples  
n. organization created for business ventures, especially one that will earn money
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