Words every 8th grader should know

Question 1

billow

Answer 1

rise and move, as in waves

Question 2

bleak

Answer 2

(of the weather) cold and miserable.

Question 3

gaudy

Answer 3

extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.

Question 4

concession

Answer 4

a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands.

Question 5

deft

Answer 5

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

Question 6

feasible

Answer 6

capable of being done or carried out

Question 7

inundate

Answer 7

1. overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
2. flood

Question 8

gaunt

Answer 8

(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age; very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Question 9

oblique

Answer 9

1. not direct, explicit, or straightforward
2. neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Question 10

obsolete

Answer 10

no longer produced or used; out of date.

Question 11

roil

Answer 11

make (someone) annoyed or irritated.

Question 12

strenuous

Answer 12

requiring or using great effort or exertion.

Question 13

systematic

Answer 13

done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical.

Question 14

temperate

Answer 14

not extreme

Question 15

tendril

Answer 15

slender structure by which some plants attach to an object

Question 16

anecdote

Answer 16

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Question 17

brusque

Answer 17

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

Question 18

dejected

Answer 18

sad and depressed; dispirited

Question 19

emphatic

Answer 19

expressing something forcibly and clearly.

Question 20

feign

Answer 20

pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Question 21

impassive

Answer 21

not feeling or showing emotion.

Question 22

implicit

Answer 22

suggested though not directly expressed.

Question 22

quaver

Answer 22

(of a person’s voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.

Question 23

quibble

Answer 23

to argue about, or say you disapprove of, something that is not important; argue over petty things

Question 24

ruddy

Answer 24

(of a person’s face) having a healthy red colour.

Question 25

trivial

Answer 25

of little value or importance.

Question 26

dispirited

Answer 26

having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened.

Question 27

dishearten

Answer 27

cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.

Question 28

amusing

Answer 28

causing laughter and providing entertainment.

Question 29

exertion

Answer 29

physical or mental effort.

Question 30

yield

Answer 30

produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

Question 31

undulating

Answer 31

having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline.