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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Word of the Day for Grade 8
Specified Day: 2025-12-09
| perpendicular |     |
a. vertical or upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; extremely steep
| laboratory | |
n. a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
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2025-12-08 (Back to the Day)
vertical 
a. upright in position or posture
mathematics
n. science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape
2025-12-05 (Back to the Day)
spectator
n. observer or audience; one who looks on
bachelor
n. the first or lowest academic degree from colleges
n. unmarried man
n. unmarried man
2025-12-04 (Back to the Day)
musician
n. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
cowardice
n. lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; lack of spirit
2025-12-03 (Back to the Day)
combine
v. join together to make a single thing or group; blend, fuse, or merge
merchandise
n. goods that are bought and sold
2025-12-02 (Back to the Day)
discontinue
v. stop doing or providing something; put an end to a state or an activity
procedure
n. act or manner of moving forward; steps taken in an action
2025-11-28 (Back to the Day)
episode
n. one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the tv
audible
a. heard or perceptible by the ear
2025-11-27 (Back to the Day)
accomplishment
n. achievement or fulfillment; something that is successful after a lot of work or effort
detect
v. discover the presence of; identify
2025-11-26 (Back to the Day)
excursion
n. trip; usually short journey made for pleasure
asterisk
n. a symbol (*) shaped like a star
2025-11-25 (Back to the Day)
acceptable
a. satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of
a. just good enough, but not very good
a. just good enough, but not very good
eighth
n. position eight in a countable series of things
a. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
a. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
2025-11-24 (Back to the Day)
idol
n. someone who is admired and respected very much
n. image used for worship; image of divinity; false notion or conception
n. image used for worship; image of divinity; false notion or conception
luxurious
a. rich and superior in quality; lavish
2025-11-21 (Back to the Day)
emergency
n. sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of urgent need for action or assistance
deprive
v. take something away from someone
2025-11-20 (Back to the Day)
punctuation
n. marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words into sentences, clauses, and phrases
n. something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
n. something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
pronounce
v. say a word or a letter in a correct way
v. state something officially or formally, such as a judgment
v. state something officially or formally, such as a judgment
2025-11-19 (Back to the Day)
definitely
ad. without question and beyond doubt; clearly
expenditure
n. total amount of money that a government or person spends
2025-11-18 (Back to the Day)
perfume
n. pleasing, agreeable scent or odor
unique
a. without an equal; being the only one of its kind
2025-11-17 (Back to the Day)
verdict
n. an opinion or decision made after judging the facts, especially one made at the end of a trial
spacious
a. wide, generous, or large in area or extent; sizable