8th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 7
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| treacherous | Marked by or presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers. | The rocky road leading up the mountain was too treacherous to travel. | hazardous, perilous, unsafe | safe, secure, straightforward | Adjective |
| amity | Friendly relations or friendship. | The two neighbors lived in amity for 25 years. | cordiality, friendliness, goodwill | hostility, animosity, hatred | Noun |
| engendered | To cause or bring about. | The politician's wild claims engendered controversy. | prompt, induce, generate | Verb | |
| beleaguering | To bother or cause problems for. | The beleaguering heat made it difficult to focus. | trouble, annoy, badger | please, help, assist | Verb |
| tautological | Saying or expressing the same thing twice or more but in a different way. | His explanation was tautological, repeating the same point over and over. | redundant, repetitious, repeating | succinct, concise | Adjective |
| repudiated | To reject as untrue or invalid. | The boy repudiated the accusation that he had stolen the cookies. | refute, reject, disavow | accept, concede, admit | Verb |
| natatorial | Related to swimming. | I only participated in natatorial sports in high school, like swimming and diving. | Adjective | ||
| indolent | Wanting to avoid effort, work, or movement. | He was indolent and didn't want to do any work. | lazy, slothful, lax | ambitious, diligent, enterprising | Adjective |
| plight | A difficult, dangerous, or otherwise very bad situation. | The plight of the refugees was a major concern for the government. | predicament, trouble, tribulation | Noun | |
| tenebrous | Dark or mostly shut off from light. | The forest was tenebrous, with the trees blocking out most of the sunlight. | stygian, dusky, murky | bright, luminous, illuminated | Adjective |
| zephyr | A soft or gentle breeze. | She felt a zephyr flow through her hair. | Noun | ||
| lumbered | To move heavily and slowly. | The tall man lumbered into the room. | Verb | ||
| urbanization | The process of making or becoming more city-like. | Urbanization has led to a loss of green space in the city. | Noun | ||
| desecrate | To treat a sacred place or thing with extreme disrespect. | In the eighteen-seventies, grave robbers would desecrate and loot grave sites for valuables. | violate, defile, blaspheme | consecrate, honor, sancitfy | Verb |
| truculent | Quick or eager to fight. | The dog was truculent and got angry with other dogs. | aggressive, hostile, irritable | peaceful, amiable, nonaggressive | Adjective |
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