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As the year goes on, you will be expected to grow in many facets.  Your knowledge and use of vocabulary will be one important area of your growth.  Study, learn, and begin to use these vocabulary words in your writing and speech to make your academic growth visible.  Furthermore, these words will make up a significant part of your class tests, as well as your Mid-Term & Final Exams.

HW = a definition and a sentence for each word
– Due Thurs/Fri

TEST = next Monday - study all ten words for your grade level 

BONUS = three words from the other grade level’s list will be included on the weekly test

 

6th grade
WORD WALL

Week #1
1. category
2. chronological
3. clarify
4. climax
5. comprehension
6. connotation
7. context
8. conventions
9. credible
10. critical thinking
 

Week #2
11. cue words
12. descriptive language
13. dialect
14. dialogue
15. document (as verb)
16. editorial
17. emigrate - immigrate
18. enunciation
19. etymology
20. evaluate
 

Week #3
21. exposition
22. external text features
23. eye contact
24. fact
25. farther - further
26. tone
27. topic sentence / thesis
28. statement
29. transition
30. translucent
 

Week #4
31. unifying theme
32. visual representation
33. voice
34. weak
35. plot
36. rising action
37. character
38. autobiography
39. setting
40. character motivation
 

Week #5
41. exposition
42. chronological order
43. conflict
44. drawing conclusion
45. cause and effect
46. main ideas
47. climax
48. ambiguous
49. audience
50. antonym
 

Week #6
51. author’s purpose
52. autobiography
53. background knowledge
54. bias
55. bibliography
56. biography
57. body language
58. capital - capitol
59. caption
60. cell - sale – sell

Week #7
61. character trait
62. choose - chose
63. falling action
64. fiction
65. figurative language
66. flashback
67. foreshadowing
68. format
69. generalization
70. genre
 

Week #8
71. historical fiction
72. homonym
73. infer
74. internal
75. interpret
76. interview
77. irony
78. italics
79. knew - new
80. logic
 

Week #9
81. loose
82. media
83. metaphor
84. narration
85. nonverbal
86. objective
87. oral tradition
88. paraphrase
89. passage
90. passed - past


Week #10
91. peer response
92. persuasion
93. plagiarism
94. political cartoon
95. prefixes
96. projection
97. publication date
98. quite
99. resolution
100. script

Week #11
101. simile
102. source
103. stereotype
104. story elements
105. suffixes
106. symbolism
107. synonym
108. they’re
109. their
110. garrulous

111. perturbed
112. myriad
113. pedestrian
114. arduous
115. impeccable
116. serpentine
117. desist
118. conundrum
119. herpetology
120. ludicrous

121. stymie
122. extrovert
123. novel
124. colossal
125. plethora
126. gregarious
127. ambidextrous
128. irk
129. placid
130. claustrophobia

131. inclement
132. malicious
133. benevolent
134. tenacious
135. superfluous
136. interminable
137. amicable
138. petrified
139. gullible
140. fraternity

141. vivacious
142. lethargic
143. pacific
144. intrepid
145. trudge
146. bibliophile
147. audible
148. monotone
149. obdurate
150. credible

151. articulate
152. discordant
153. mellifluous
154. upbraid
155. scintillating
156. voracious
157. incognito
158. acute
159. wax
160. cosmopolitan


161. world
162. ferret
163. amble
164. parsimonious
165. levity
166. alleviate
167. urbane
168. altruistic
169. embolden
170. audacious

171. glutton
172. chronic
173. omnivorous
174. insipid
175. magnanimous
176. literal
177. figuratively
178. equivocate
179. taciturn
180. verbatim

181. paternalistic
182. alma mater
183. whimsical
184. sage
185. agile
186. circumvent
187. steadfast
188. insomnia
189. avid
190. transgress



191. prodigy
192. optimist
193. pessimist
194. toil
195. tarry
196. retrospect
197. boisterous
198. vilify
199. torpid
200. affluent

 

8th grade
WORD WALL

Week #1
1. abrasive
2. acclimate
3. aversion
4. chagrin
5. complacent
6. concur
7. defamation
8. explicate
9. fracas
10. grotesque
 

Week #2
11. pandemonium
12. raucous
13. receptive
14. renounce
15. repress
16. reticent
17. savory
18. somnolent
19. vehement
20. voluble
 

Week #3
21. zealous
22. alacrity
23. alleviate
24. antithesis
25. appall
26. bellicose
27. disparage
28. dissonant
29. droll
30. edict


Week #4
31. elucidate
32. laud
33. loll
34. loquacious
35. magnanimous
36. mandatory
37. nondescript
38. phlegmatic
39. rescind
40. vivacious
 

Week #5
41. whet
42. antipathy
43. applicable
44. asset
45. beset
46. compassion
47. decorum
48. duress
49. exuberant
50. facsimile
 

Week #6
51. imbibe
52. implacable
53. infinitesimal
54. innocuous
55. militate
56. patent
57. prowess
58. sedate
59. stentorian
60. stipulate


Week #7
61. ultimatum
62. abjure
63. acrid
64. august
65. callous
66. clandestine
67. compunction
68. conflagration
69. elated
70. indelible
 

Week #8
71. indulgent
72. inveterate
73. irrelevant
74. nocturnal
75. platitude
76. quell
77. quiescent
78. ruminate
79. tacit
80. tangible

Week #9
81. trenchant
82. allude
83. clairvoyant
84. conclusive
85. disreputable
86. endemic
87. exemplary
88. fathom
89. guile
90. integrity


Week #10
91. itinerary
92. misconstrue
93. obnoxious
94. placate
95. placid
96. plagiarism
97. potent
98. pretext
99. protrude
100. stark

Week #11
101. superficial
102. acquiesce
103. allure
104. askew
105. blithe
106. contentious
107. covet
108. crestfallen
109. disheveled
110. exponent

111. garrulous
112. insuperable
113. lamentable
114. misnomer
115. profess
116. respite
117. retribution
118. sinuous
119. sonorous
120. vanguard

121. wastrel
122. allocate
123. ardent
124. assiduous
125. brash
126. capricious
127. chastise
128. copious
129. deviate
130. emaciated



131. exult
132. gnarled
133. indemnity
134. inkling
135. limpid
136. omnipotent
137. palatable
138. poignant
139. rancor
140. sophomoric

141. spontaneous
142. animosity
143. apathy
144. apprehensive
145. commend
146. compatible
147. condolence
148. consecrate
149. decrepit
150. deride

151. ingenuous
152. multifarious
153. obsolete
154. omnivorous
155. parsimonious
156. quandary
157. recalcitrant
158. reprisal
159. revel
160. stultify



161. suave
162. abhor
163. amend
164. buffet
165. chaos
166. commodious
167. corrosive
168. discern
169. extant
170. implicate

171. inter
172. martinet
173. obviate
174. renegade
175. reprehensible
176. somber
177. squalid
178. turbulent
179. vociferous
180. voluminous

181. waive
182. accede
183. brandish
184. comprise
185. deft
186. destitute
187. explicit
188. extirpate
189. inopportune
190. ironic

191. musty
192. officious
193. ominous
194. pinnacle
195. premeditated
196. rampant
197. solace
198. stately
199. supple
200. suppress
 

 

HW = a definition and a sentence for each word – Due Thurs/Fri

TEST = next Monday - study all ten words for your grade level 

BONUS = three words from the other grade level’s list will be included on the weekly test