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.
The details about the app's word bank are here. We also offer other tools to assist grade 8 students in studying them.
The details about the app's word bank are here. We also offer other tools to assist grade 8 students in studying them.
| Word of the Day for Grade 8 |
Specified Day: 2024-12-05
| spectator |     |
n. observer or audience; one who looks on
The two, to a cool spectator, made a strange and fearful picture.
eager spectators gathered round the count, demanding.
Mr. Rochester then turned to the spectators: he looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate.
| bachelor | |
n. the first or lowest academic degree from colleges
n. unmarried man
n. unmarried man
He paused discreetly at a distance when Brooke disappeared, but he could both see and hear, and being a bachelor, enjoyed the prospect mightily.
As for his wife, he bowed to her, as some husbands do to their wives, but in a way that bachelors will never comprehend, until a very extensive code is published on conjugal life.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
Context Highlight In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
When Albert found himself alone with Monte Cristo, "My dear count," said he, "allow me to commence my services as cicerone by showing you a specimen of a bachelor's apartment."
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musician 
Examples
Examples n. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
cowardice Examples
Examples n. lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; lack of spirit
2024-12-03 (Back to the Day)
combine Examples
Examples v. join together to make a single thing or group; blend, fuse, or merge
merchandise Examples
Examples n. goods that are bought and sold
2024-12-02 (Back to the Day)
discontinue Examples
Examples v. stop doing or providing something; put an end to a state or an activity
procedure Examples
Examples n. act or manner of moving forward; steps taken in an action
2024-11-29 (Back to the Day)
episode Examples
Examples n. one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the tv
audible Examples
Examples a. heard or perceptible by the ear
2024-11-28 (Back to the Day)
accomplishment Examples
Examples n. achievement or fulfillment; something that is successful after a lot of work or effort
detect Examples
Examples v. discover the presence of; identify
2024-11-27 (Back to the Day)
excursion Examples
Examples n. trip; usually short journey made for pleasure
asterisk Examples
Examples n. a symbol (*) shaped like a star
2024-11-26 (Back to the Day)
acceptable Examples
Examples a. satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of
a. just good enough, but not very good
a. just good enough, but not very good
eighth Examples
Examples n. position eight in a countable series of things
a. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
a. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
2024-11-25 (Back to the Day)
idol Examples
Examples n. someone who is admired and respected very much
n. image used for worship; image of divinity; false notion or conception
n. image used for worship; image of divinity; false notion or conception
luxurious Examples
Examples a. rich and superior in quality; lavish
2024-11-22 (Back to the Day)
emergency Examples
Examples n. sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of urgent need for action or assistance
deprive Examples
Examples v. take something away from someone
2024-11-21 (Back to the Day)
punctuation Examples
Examples n. marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words into sentences, clauses, and phrases
n. something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
n. something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
pronounce Examples
Examples v. say a word or a letter in a correct way
v. state something officially or formally, such as a judgment
v. state something officially or formally, such as a judgment
2024-11-20 (Back to the Day)
definitely Examples
Examples ad. without question and beyond doubt; clearly
expenditure Examples
Examples n. total amount of money that a government or person spends
2024-11-19 (Back to the Day)
perfume Examples
Examples n. pleasing, agreeable scent or odor
unique Examples
Examples a. without an equal; being the only one of its kind
2024-11-18 (Back to the Day)
verdict Examples
Examples n. an opinion or decision made after judging the facts, especially one made at the end of a trial
spacious Examples
Examples a. wide, generous, or large in area or extent; sizable
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imitate Examples
Examples v. copy the actions, appearance, or speech of; use or follow something from a model
Michigan Examples
Examples n. a state in the northern US; the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes
2024-11-14 (Back to the Day)
Delaware Examples
Examples n. a state in the northeastern US
interruption Examples
Examples n. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
n. abrupt occasion that stops an ongoing activity
n. abrupt occasion that stops an ongoing activity
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