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: 2025-09-11
considerationspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. act of thinking about something carefully
She would not be burdened with her society for any consideration.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
Danglars has sacrificed them to the selfish consideration of gaining some thousands of paltry francs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
Then the foolish criminal is taken, imprisoned, interrogated, confronted, confounded, condemned, and cut off by hemp or steel; or if she be a woman of any consideration, they lock her up for life.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 52. Toxicology.
superiorspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. greater rank or quality than other people or things of the same type; excellent
You ought not to be so superior.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
In understanding, Darcy was the superior.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Such very superior dancing is not often seen.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-09-10   (Back to the Day)
  Washington   speakExamples  
n. the capital of the United States
n. a state in the Pacific Northwest region of US
  series   speakExamples  
n. (plural) a number of things or events standing or succeeding in order; sequence
2025-09-09   (Back to the Day)
  principle   speakExamples  
n. basic truth, law, or assumption; rule or law of nature; rule of personal conduct
  popular   speakExamples  
a. of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended
2025-09-08   (Back to the Day)
  companion   speakExamples  
n. a person you spend a lot of time with, often because of friends or travelling together; partner
  principal   speakExamples  
a. highest in rank, authority, importance, or degree
2025-09-05   (Back to the Day)
  official   speakExamples  
a. relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities
  curious   speakExamples  
a. interested in learning about people or things around you; eager for knowledge
2025-09-04   (Back to the Day)
  possession   speakExamples  
n. act of having and controlling property; belongings
  memory   speakExamples  
n. faculty of mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events
2025-09-03   (Back to the Day)
  escape   speakExamples  
v. get free from something, or to avoid something
  justice   speakExamples  
n. quality of being just; fairness in the way people are dealt with; uprightness
2025-09-02   (Back to the Day)
  opinion   speakExamples  
n. notion founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression; favorable estimation
  ancient   speakExamples  
a. of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time
Below words are in grade 7
2025-06-27   (Back to the Day)
  underweight   speakExamples  
a. weighing less than usual, very thin
  unwritten   speakExamples  
a. not recorded in writing
a. not official, but which people generally accept and obey
2025-06-26   (Back to the Day)
  underachiever   speakExamples  
n. someone who is less successful than they should be at school or at work
  undercover   speakExamples  
a. working secretly using a false appearance to get information for the police
2025-06-25   (Back to the Day)
  toboggan   speakExamples  
n. an object for sitting on and sliding over snow and ice, its board curved upward in front
  tractor   speakExamples  
n. a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tyres, used on farms for pulling machinery
2025-06-24   (Back to the Day)
  sophomore   speakExamples  
n. a student studying in the second year at a US college or high school
  teenage   speakExamples  
a. being of the age 13 through 19
2025-06-23   (Back to the Day)
  rhinestone   speakExamples  
n. bright, transparent artificial jewel that looks like a diamond, used as an inexpensive ornament
  skiing   speakExamples  
n. action of traveling over snow on skis, especially as a sport or recreation
2025-06-20   (Back to the Day)
  pummel   speakExamples  
v. beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
  retrieval   speakExamples  
n. process of finding and bringing back something
2025-06-19   (Back to the Day)
  preview   speakExamples  
v. watch a movie or play before it is released to the general public
n. short parts of a tv show or film that are shown in public to advertise it
  psychiatrist   speakExamples  
n. a doctor who specializes in psychiatry
2025-06-18   (Back to the Day)
  prearrange   speakExamples  
v. arrange beforehand
  preposterous   speakExamples  
a. contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; very silly or stupid; ridiculous
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