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: 2025-02-22

There is no new word today!
Every weekend, the first day of each month, winter break (Dec 23 to Jan 6), and summer (part of July and all of August) are word-free days.
Today has no new words, but you can review the recent ones from 2025-02-21.

dictationspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. action of saying words aloud to be typed or written down
n. action of giving orders authoritatively
precipitationspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. water that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow
n. the quantity of water falling to earth
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Words of the recent 15 days
2025-02-21   (Back to the Day)
  dictation   speakExamples  
n. action of saying words aloud to be typed or written down
n. action of giving orders authoritatively
  precipitation   speakExamples  
n. water that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow
n. the quantity of water falling to earth
2025-02-20   (Back to the Day)
  preoccupation   speakExamples  
n. an idea that someone thinks about most of the time
n. state of being worried about or thinking about something most of the time
  initiation   speakExamples  
n. an occasion when something starts
2025-02-19   (Back to the Day)
  constellation   speakExamples  
n. a group of stars in the sky that appear to form a pattern and that have a name
n. a group of famous people all together in one place
  dictator   speakExamples  
n. a leader who has complete power in a country and has not been elected by the people
2025-02-18   (Back to the Day)
  tournament   speakExamples  
n. sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner; contest
  disrespect   speakExamples  
n. lack of respect for
2025-02-17   (Back to the Day)
  pendulum   speakExamples  
n. a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum
  mosquito   speakExamples  
n. two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans
2025-02-14   (Back to the Day)
  intermittent   speakExamples  
a. periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
  vacuum   speakExamples  
n. empty area or space; a space from which most or all of the matter has been removed
n. electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
2025-02-13   (Back to the Day)
  geology   speakExamples  
n. science which treats the structure and mineral constitution of the globe
  induction   speakExamples  
n. a formal entry into an organization, position, or office
n. act of causing an event or process to happen
2025-02-12   (Back to the Day)
  antecedent   speakExamples  
n. someone from whom you are descended, but usually more remote than a grandparent
n. a word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to
  complement   speakExamples  
v. make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it
2025-02-11   (Back to the Day)
  cocoa   speakExamples  
n. a dark brown powder made from the crushed beans of a tree, used to make chocolate
n. a sweet chocolate drink that is made with cocoa powder
  astronomer   speakExamples  
n. a physicist who studies astronomy
2025-02-10   (Back to the Day)
  caricature   speakExamples  
n. representation, like a picture, that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
  oral   speakExamples  
a. spoken and unwritten; relating to the mouth
2025-02-07   (Back to the Day)
  recruit   speakExamples  
v. register formally as a participant; engage for military service; enlist
  punctual   speakExamples  
a. happening at the expected, correct time; not late
2025-02-06   (Back to the Day)
  juvenile   speakExamples  
n. youth or adolescent; not fully grown or developed
  mobile   speakExamples  
a. movable or not fixed; moving or walking around freely
2025-02-05   (Back to the Day)
  fulfill   speakExamples  
v. put in effect, fill or meet a want or need
  astronomical   speakExamples  
a. enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
2025-02-04   (Back to the Day)
  paralysis   speakExamples  
n. loss of the ability to move a body part
  reservoir   speakExamples  
n. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; lake used to store water for community use
2025-02-03   (Back to the Day)
  category   speakExamples  
n. group, class, or collection of things sharing a common attribute
  academy   speakExamples  
n. an organization intended to protect and develop an art, science, language, etc.
n. a school that teaches a particular subject or trains people for a particular job
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