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LAVoc8-2
8th Grade Language Arts Vocabulary, Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accord | mutual agreement, harmony; an informal agreement, as between nations |
| accurate | careful and exact; free from error; adhering closely to a standard |
| acquaintance | knowledge (of something) obtained from personal experience or study; a person whom one knows slightly |
| agent | a person or thing that brings about a certain result; a force or substance that produces an effect; a person, firm, etc., authorized to act for another; a representative of a government agency |
| clarity | the quality or condition of being clear |
| communion | a sharing of one's thoughts and emotions; a close relationship |
| expression | a putting into words; a particular word or phrase; a showing of feeling or character |
| gratitude | a feeling of thankful appreciation |
| grave | solemn; important, weighty; serious, threatening; dignified |
| instinctive | of, or having the nature of, an inborn ability, talent, or tendency |
| integrity | the condition of being complete; stable condition; uprightness, honesty |
| intimate | very close; familiar; private or personal; suggesting privacy, romance |
| physical | of nature and all matter, natural; of, or produced by the forces of, physics; of or concerned with the body as opposed to the mind |
| possess | to own; have as a characteristic or quality |
| purity | the quality or condition of being pure; cleanness; clearness; innocence |
| quality | any of the features that make something what it is; characteristic; the degree of excellence that a thing possesses; superiority |
| responsibility | duty; obligation; a person or thing that one is taking care or in charge of |
| simplicity | the fact of being uncomplicated, not difficult; the condition of being plain, not fancy; a sincere or natural quality |
| sufficient | as much as is needed; enough |
| treacherous | seemingly safe, but not really so; not loyal; betraying |