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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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 Word of the Day for Grade 8
Specified Day: 2026-11-05
diameterspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on its edge
It was about a foot long, and four inches in diameter.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VIII.
At the end of an hour the stone was extricated from the wall, leaving a cavity a foot and a half in diameter.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
It is hooped round with a hollow cylinder of adamant, four feet yards in diameter, placed horizontally, and supported by eight adamantine feet, each six yards high.
Gulliver's Travels(V2) By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER III.
alternatespeak speak spelling sentences 
a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
Jane ran to her uncle and aunt, and welcomed and thanked them both, with alternate smiles and tears.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47
And so, by dint of alternate coaxing and commanding, he contrived to get them all once more enclosed in their separate dormitories.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-11-04   (Back to the Day)
  emphasis   Example sentences     speak
n. special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
  missionary   Example sentences     speak
n. a person who has been sent to a foreign country to teach religion
2026-11-03   (Back to the Day)
  attendant   Example sentences     speak
n. aide or servant; someone whose job is to help others in a particular situation
  accessible   Example sentences     speak
a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
2026-11-02   (Back to the Day)
  exhibit   Example sentences     speak
v. show something publicly, make visible or apparent
  corruption   Example sentences     speak
n. illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power; bribery or fraud
2026-10-30   (Back to the Day)
  Connecticut   Example sentences     speak
n. a state in the northeastern US, a New England state
  identical   Example sentences     speak
a. duplicate or alike; being the exact same one
2026-10-29   (Back to the Day)
  lantern   Example sentences     speak
n. light in a transparent protective case
  escort   Example sentences     speak
v. go with a person or vehicle, especially to make certain to leaves or arrives safely
n. one who conducts someone as attendant; guard
2026-10-28   (Back to the Day)
  generosity   Example sentences     speak
n. quality or condition of being generous; quality of being noble
  imitation   Example sentences     speak
n. copying the actions of someone else; emulation
2026-10-27   (Back to the Day)
  recommend   Example sentences     speak
v. suggest that something or someone is the best one to choose
  sheer   Example sentences     speak
a. very absolute or pure; nothing other than
a. very steep
2026-10-26   (Back to the Day)
  herd   Example sentences     speak
n. flock, crowd, group of cattle or other domestic animals
  compliment   Example sentences     speak
n. a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect; praise
2026-10-23   (Back to the Day)
  appreciate   Example sentences     speak
v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
  disaster   Example sentences     speak
n. an event or fact that has unfortunate consequences; catastrophe
2026-10-22   (Back to the Day)
  dependent   Example sentences     speak
a. relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
  lieutenant   Example sentences     speak
n. an officer of middle rank in the armed forces
n. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
2026-10-21   (Back to the Day)
  abandon   Example sentences     speak
v. leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever
  extend   Example sentences     speak
v. add to something in order to make it bigger or longer
v. reach or continue; stretch something out
2026-10-20   (Back to the Day)
  continent   Example sentences     speak
n. one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface
  exempt   Example sentences     speak
a. not subject to duty or obligation; with special permission not to do or pay something
2026-10-19   (Back to the Day)
  economy   Example sentences     speak
n. system of trade and industry by which the wealth is made and used
n. efficient use of resources; reduction in cost
  parallel   Example sentences     speak
a. side by side and having the same distance continuously between them
n. a person or thing that is similar to another
2026-10-16   (Back to the Day)
  picturesque   Example sentences     speak
a. attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way; scenic
  murmur   Example sentences     speak
v. make low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water
2026-10-15   (Back to the Day)
  disagreeable   Example sentences     speak
a. unpleasant or unattractive; not agreeing with tastes or expectations
  spectacle   Example sentences     speak
n. a public event or show that is exciting to watch; an exciting appearance
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