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vocab8th
8th grade vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1: Allegory | 1a: A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms. |
| 2: Alliteration | 2a: The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group. |
| 3: Analyze | 3a: To separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements. |
| 4: Anecdote | 4a: A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature. |
| 5: Anticipate | 5a: To realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee |
| 6: Assonance | 6a: Resemblance of sounds. |
| 7: Beneficial | 7a: Conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful |
| 8: Chronological | 8a: Arranged in the order of time |
| 9: Compare | 9a: To examine in order to note similarities and difference. |
| 10: Connotation | 10a: An act or instance of connoting. |
| 11: Consonance | 11a: Accord or agreement. |
| 12: Context | 12a: The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect. |
| 13: Contrast | 13a: To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences note the opposite natures, purposes, etc. |
| 14: Debate | 14a: A discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints. |
| 15: Denotation | 15a: A word that names or signifies something specific. |
| 16: Describe | 16a: To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of. |
| 17: Elaborate | 17a: Worked out with great care and nicety of detail executed with great minuteness. |
| 18: Epitome | 18a:a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class |
| 19: Evaluate | to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise |
| 20: Explain | 20a:to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible. |
| 21: Fcat | 21a: |
| 22: Formulate | 22a:to devise or develop, as a method, system, etc |
| 23: Hazardous | 23a:full of risk; perilous; risky |
| 24: Idiom | 24a:an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements |
| 25: Illustrious | 25a:highly distinguished; renowned; famous |
| 26: Infer | 26a:to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence |
| 27: Judicious | 27a:using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic |
| 28: Literal | 28a:in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical |
| 29: Manipulate | 29a:to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner |
| 30: Metaphor | 30a:a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” |
| 31: Monotonous | 31a:lacking in variety; tediously unvarying |
| 32: Omniscient | |
| 33: Onomatopoeia | |
| 34: Opinion | |
| 35: Optimist | |
| 36: Paradox | |
| 37: Paraphrase | |
| 38: Plot | |
| 39: Predict | |
| 40: Rigorous | |
| 41: Simile | |
| 42: Summarize | |
| 43: Support | |
| 44: Synopsis | |
| 45: Synthesize | |
| 46: Theme | |
| 47: Trace | |
| 48: Utopia | |
| 49: Veracity | |
| 50: Verbatim | |
| 51: Vial |
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