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: 2026-09-07
officialspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities
Already rich, he held a high official situation, though only twenty-seven.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
The two ladies entered the drawing-room with that sort of official stiffness which preludes a formal communication.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 93. Valentine.
The keeper spoke for a moment with an official, then opened the iron gates and conducted Andrea to a room on the first floor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 107. The Lions' Den.
curiousspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. interested in learning about people or things around you; eager for knowledge
It was a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
And I am tremendously curious to see what you are going to surprise me with.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Review Words:   Recent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2026-09-04   (Back to the Day)
  possession   Example sentences     speak
n. act of having and controlling property; belongings
  memory   Example sentences     speak
n. faculty of mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events
2026-09-03   (Back to the Day)
  escape   Example sentences     speak
v. get free from something, or to avoid something
  justice   Example sentences     speak
n. quality of being just; fairness in the way people are dealt with; uprightness
2026-09-02   (Back to the Day)
  opinion   Example sentences     speak
n. notion founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression; favorable estimation
  ancient   Example sentences     speak
a. of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time
Below words are in grade 7
2026-06-30   (Back to the Day)
  underweight   Example sentences     speak
a. weighing less than usual, very thin
  unwritten   Example sentences     speak
a. not recorded in writing
a. not official, but which people generally accept and obey
2026-06-29   (Back to the Day)
  underachiever   Example sentences     speak
n. someone who is less successful than they should be at school or at work
  undercover   Example sentences     speak
a. working secretly using a false appearance to get information for the police
2026-06-26   (Back to the Day)
  toboggan   Example sentences     speak
n. an object for sitting on and sliding over snow and ice, its board curved upward in front
  tractor   Example sentences     speak
n. a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tyres, used on farms for pulling machinery
2026-06-25   (Back to the Day)
  sophomore   Example sentences     speak
n. a student studying in the second year at a US college or high school
  teenage   Example sentences     speak
a. being of the age 13 through 19
2026-06-24   (Back to the Day)
  rhinestone   Example sentences     speak
n. bright, transparent artificial jewel that looks like a diamond, used as an inexpensive ornament
  skiing   Example sentences     speak
n. action of traveling over snow on skis, especially as a sport or recreation
2026-06-23   (Back to the Day)
  pummel   Example sentences     speak
v. beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
  retrieval   Example sentences     speak
n. process of finding and bringing back something
2026-06-22   (Back to the Day)
  preview   Example sentences     speak
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   Example sentences     speak
n. a doctor who specializes in psychiatry
2026-06-19   (Back to the Day)
  prearrange   Example sentences     speak
v. arrange beforehand
  preposterous   Example sentences     speak
a. contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; very silly or stupid; ridiculous
2026-06-18   (Back to the Day)
  postgraduate   Example sentences     speak
n. student who continues studies after graduation for second degree
  postwar   Example sentences     speak
a. happening or existing in the period after a war, especially the First or Second World War
2026-06-17   (Back to the Day)
  pollutant   Example sentences     speak
n. waste matter that contaminates the water, air, or soil
  postdate   Example sentences     speak
v. be later in time, happen or exist after something
2026-06-16   (Back to the Day)
  overrule   Example sentences     speak
v. decide against a decision that has already been made
  pessimism   Example sentences     speak
n. belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
2026-06-15   (Back to the Day)
  overcook   Example sentences     speak
v. cook food for longer than necessary
  overemphasize   Example sentences     speak
v. place special or excessive emphasis on
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