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8th Grade WW 1-8

8th Grade Wordly Wise Words Lesson 1-8

TermDefinition
Meticulous Extremely Careful ; attentive to details
Dehydrate To remove the water from
Electrify To kill or shock
Surmise To suppose something without sufficient evidence
Anthology A collection of various writing such as song stories or poems
Extricate To free from a difficult or tangled situation
Imperative Urgent or pressing
Spontaneous Voluntary and unplanned
Haunt To stay in one's mind continually
Tirade A long angry speech
Slovenly Untidy; carelessly done
Brusque abrupt in manner or speech, gruff
Excrutiating Very painful
Abraision A wearing away or rubbing away by friction
Replica A model
Turbulent Change in wind pattern; stormy
Anarchy Total Chaos
Modify To change
Concise Shortened to the point
Facilitate To make easier
Shackle Chains for prisoners
Interrogate To question
Bizarre Peculiar
Despicable Deserving contempt of scorn
Deploy To put into use
Recur Repeat
Tremulous Scared or Timid
Simulate Imitate
Negligible Small and unimportant; not worth noticing
Dub To give a title, nickname or description to
Daunt To discourage or intimidate
Claustrophobia An abnormal fear of narrow enclosed spaces
Cruicial Extremely important; vital in resolving something
Apprehend To seize or arrest
Serene Calm and untroubled, peaceful
Azure The blue color of a cloudless sky
Pivot A small bar or rod on which something else turns
Depict To give a picture of; to describe
Confiscate To seize by force if necessary to take possession of
Audacious Willing to take risk; daring
Anonymous Of an unknown source or unrevealed name
Inventory A list of possessions or goods on hand
Clad Clothed or covered
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