Eighth Grade spelling words
16 weeks of eighth grade words, ten per week. Practise each list free online — your child hears the word, sees it flash, then writes it from memory — or print the cards.
Week 1· The Aberration at Ambiguous Academy
- aberration
- abhor
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
- amiable
- anomaly
- antagonist
- apathy
- arbitrary
- articulate
Week 2· Candor and Catalysts
- benevolent
- cacophony
- candor
- capitulate
- catalyst
- censure
- cognizant
- coherent
- coincide
- complacent
Week 3· Conjectures of the Debate Team
- concede
- conducive
- conjecture
- contemplate
- contentious
- converge
- credible
- cynical
- debilitate
- deduce
Week 4· Dreams of a Deteriorating Town
- defer
- deficit
- degrade
- deprecate
- deride
- despondent
- deteriorate
- discern
- disdain
- dispel
Week 5· The Enigma of Exodus Bridge
- eloquent
- elusive
- embellish
- empirical
- enigma
- epitome
- eradicate
- exemplify
- exodus
- exorbitant
Week 6· The Fraudulent Fortress
- facilitate
- fallacy
- feasible
- fervent
- flourish
- forfeit
- fortitude
- fraudulent
- gregarious
- hierarchy
Week 7· The Hypocrite's Secret
- hindrance
- hypocrite
- hypothesis
- idealistic
- ideology
- impartial
- impede
- imperative
- implicit
- inadvertent
Week 8· Inference on Jargon Island
- incentive
- incessant
- incite
- inconsequential
- indignant
- indolent
- inference
- infringe
- ingenious
- jargon
Week 9· Lament of the Lighthouse
- lament
- lethargic
- malicious
- mandate
- meticulous
- mitigate
- mundane
- mystify
- naive
- nonchalant
Week 10· The Notorious Novice
- notorious
- novice
- nuance
- objective
- obsolete
- ominous
- ostentatious
- overt
- paradox
- paramount
Week 11· Parody at Paradox Pier
- parody
- perceptive
- perpetual
- pervasive
- plausible
- plight
- poignant
- pragmatic
- precedent
- precarious
Week 12· Prophecies of Propel Valley
- predominant
- prevalent
- proficient
- profound
- prolific
- propel
- prophetic
- provocative
- quandary
- quell
Week 13· Rationale for Rebellion
- rationale
- recede
- reciprocate
- recur
- redundant
- refute
- relentless
- relevant
- remorse
- renounce
Week 14· Reprimand at Resilient Ridge
- reprimand
- resilient
- retaliate
- retrospect
- rhetoric
- rigorous
- scrutinize
- skeptical
- solace
- sparse
Week 15· The Stagnant City
- speculate
- stagnant
- stringent
- subjective
- subside
- superficial
- surplus
- tangible
- tedious
- tenacious
Week 16· Thriving Through Trepidation
- thrive
- transient
- trepidation
- ubiquitous
- undermine
- unprecedented
- utilitarian
- vindicate
- volatile
- wary
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