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: 2026-02-06
juvenilespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. youth or adolescent; not fully grown or developed
Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
He drifted listlessly down the street and found Jim Hollis acting as judge in a juvenile court that was trying a cat for murder, in the presence of her victim, a bird.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
The only person who offered enough to make it worth her while to try juvenile literature was a worthy gentleman who felt it his mission to convert all the world to his particular belief.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
mobilespeak speak spelling sentences 
a. movable or not fixed; moving or walking around freely
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-02-05   (Back to the Day)
  fulfill   Example sentences     speak
v. put in effect, fill or meet a want or need
  astronomical   Example sentences     speak
a. enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
2026-02-04   (Back to the Day)
  paralysis   Example sentences     speak
n. loss of the ability to move a body part
  reservoir   Example sentences     speak
n. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; lake used to store water for community use
2026-02-03   (Back to the Day)
  category   Example sentences     speak
n. group, class, or collection of things sharing a common attribute
  academy   Example sentences     speak
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
2026-02-02   (Back to the Day)
  academic   Example sentences     speak
a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization
  microscope   Example sentences     speak
n. a device that uses lenses to make very small objects look larger
2026-01-30   (Back to the Day)
  prospective   Example sentences     speak
a. expected or expecting to be something particular in the future
n. people who are expected to buy something, become parents, etc.
  auxiliary   Example sentences     speak
a. giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing
2026-01-29   (Back to the Day)
  indictment   Example sentences     speak
n. a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad
n. a formal statement of accusing someone
  extinguish   Example sentences     speak
v. stop a fire or a light burning; stop or get rid of an idea or feeling
2026-01-28   (Back to the Day)
  chemist   Example sentences     speak
n. a scientist who specializes in chemistry
  lagoon   Example sentences     speak
n. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
2026-01-27   (Back to the Day)
  participate   Example sentences     speak
v. take part in an event or activity
  defendant   Example sentences     speak
n. a person in a court of law who is accused of having done something wrong
2026-01-26   (Back to the Day)
  multiple   Example sentences     speak
a. having or involving several parts, elements, or members
n. a number that can be divided by another number without a remainder
  prediction   Example sentences     speak
n. something foretold or predicted; prophecy
2026-01-23   (Back to the Day)
  incumbent   Example sentences     speak
a. imposed as an obligation or duty; currently holding an office
  organize   Example sentences     speak
v. make arrangements for something to happen according to a particular system
2026-01-22   (Back to the Day)
  bicycle   Example sentences     speak
n. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
  accomplice   Example sentences     speak
n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
2026-01-21   (Back to the Day)
  gauge   Example sentences     speak
n. measuring instrument; measure or judge
  chauffeur   Example sentences     speak
n. someone whose job is to drive a car for a rich or important person
2026-01-20   (Back to the Day)
  astronomy   Example sentences     speak
n. branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and universe as a whole
  rupture   Example sentences     speak
v. cause something to explode, break, or tear; make a sudden noisy break
2026-01-19   (Back to the Day)
  decrease   Example sentences     speak
v. lessen or reduce; make a quantity smaller
  concentrate   Example sentences     speak
v. bring to or direct toward a common center; unite more closely; gather into one body
2026-01-16   (Back to the Day)
  expand   Example sentences     speak
v. become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
  triple   Example sentences     speak
a. having three parts of the same type, or happening three times
a. multiplied by three; threefold
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