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: 2025-04-02
abbreviationspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. shortening something by omitting parts of it
maneuverspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a movement or set of movements needing skill and care; strategy
This maneuver she repeated several times, to the great amusement of a black-eyed young gentleman lounging in the window of a building opposite.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-03-31   (Back to the Day)
  gazelle   speakExamples  
n. small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having large eyes
  aqueduct   speakExamples  
n. a structure for carrying water across land, especially one like bridge that carries pipes or a canal across a valley
2025-03-28   (Back to the Day)
  accountant   speakExamples  
n. one who maintains and audits business accounts
  adolescence   speakExamples  
n. state of growing up from childhood to adult; transitional period between youth and maturity
2025-03-27   (Back to the Day)
  congestion   speakExamples  
n. act of gathering, heaping together, or forming a mass
  iceberg   speakExamples  
n. a large mass of ice floating at sea
2025-03-26   (Back to the Day)
  tripod   speakExamples  
n. a three-legged rack used for support
  tornado   speakExamples  
n. a dangerous storm which is a spinning cone of wind that destroys anything in its path
2025-03-25   (Back to the Day)
  sociology   speakExamples  
n. the study of the relationships between people living in groups, especially in industrial societies
  monsoon   speakExamples  
n. the season of heavy rain during the summer in hot Asian countries
2025-03-24   (Back to the Day)
  initiate   speakExamples  
v. begin or originate; cause something to begin
  abduction   speakExamples  
n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
2025-03-21   (Back to the Day)
  gorilla   speakExamples  
n. a large ape that comes from western Africa
  caribou   speakExamples  
n. a large deer with long horns with branches that lives in North America
2025-03-20   (Back to the Day)
  remit   speakExamples  
v. transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand
v. reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison
  chandelier   speakExamples  
n. a decorative light that hangs from the ceiling with a number of bulbs or candles
2025-03-19   (Back to the Day)
  locomotion   speakExamples  
n. self-propelled movement; power or ability to move
  adherent   speakExamples  
n. one who strongly supports something; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
2025-03-18   (Back to the Day)
  etymology   speakExamples  
n. language study of the origin and history of words
  commemoration   speakExamples  
n. a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something officially
2025-03-17   (Back to the Day)
  comedian   speakExamples  
n. a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes and funny stories
  thirtieth   speakExamples  
n. position 30 in a countable series of things
a. coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
2025-03-14   (Back to the Day)
  spectacular   speakExamples  
a. very exciting to look at; impressive or especially great
  revise   speakExamples  
v. look at or consider again an idea or piece of writing to correct or improve it; amend
2025-03-13   (Back to the Day)
  astrology   speakExamples  
n. study of the positions of stars, in the belief that stars affect the character and lives of people
  souvenir   speakExamples  
n. token of remembrance; something you buy or keep to help remember a holiday or special event
2025-03-12   (Back to the Day)
  cultural   speakExamples  
a. relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of a society
  technology   speakExamples  
n. application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives
2025-03-11   (Back to the Day)
  acquittal   speakExamples  
n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
  pedestrian   speakExamples  
n. a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go
a. lacking wit or imagination; not interesting
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