1. Vocabulary Unit 3 8th Grade

2. 1) Deplore • To disapprove of strongly; criticize

3. 2) Devastate • To destroy completely

4. 3) Proficient • Well advanced in art, occupation, or branch of knowledge

5. 4) Appraise • To analyze and determine the importance or value of something

6. 5) Obsession • Great preoccupation with something; fascination

7. 6) Meditate • To clear one’s mind and calmly focus on a simple subject

8. 7) Contemplate • To ponder (or think) carefully about the many aspects of something

9. 8) Mania • Extreme enthusiasm, liking, craving, craze

10. 9) Assess • To give an expert judgment of the importance of something; evaluate or review

11. 10) Competent • Having a required ability; capable

12. 11) Despise • To dislike strongly

13. 12) Consume • To reduce to chaos, disorder, helplessness; devour, destroy • Can also mean to spend or use