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Vocabulary Expansion for 8th Grade English Learners

Enhance your vocabulary with key words such as barren, disrupt, germinate, renovate, truce, vicious, and trickle. Learn synonyms and antonyms to improve your language skills.

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Vocabulary Expansion for 8th Grade English Learners

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  1. 8thGrade EnglishVocabulary List #1

  2. Barren • (adj.) not productive, bare • Example: In contrast to the rich land we left behind, the plains appeared to be a _____________barren landscape. • SYNONYMS: unproductive, sterile, desolate • ANTONYMS: fertile, productive, fruitful

  3. disrupt • (v.) to break up, disturb • Example: Even the loud demonstration on the street below was not enough to _______________ the meeting. • SYNONYMS: upset, displace, disorder • ANTONYMS: organize, arrange

  4. germinate • (v.) to begin to grow • Example: After he interrogated the suspect, suspicion began to __________ in the inspector’s mind. • SYNONYMS: sprout, shoot up, growANTONYMS: wither, die, shrivel up

  5. Renovate • (v.) to repair, restore to good condition, make new again • Example: The young couple brought in an architect and a contractor to help them ________the old house. • SYNONYMS: repair, fix up, recondition

  6. Truce • (n.) a pause in fighting, temporary peace • Example: After tense negotiations, the warring nations reluctantly agreed to a five-day _______. • SYNONYMS: cease-fire, armistice • ANTONYMS: war, warfare, fighting

  7. Vicious • (adj.) evil, bad; spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme • Example: The _________rumor was damaging to their friendship. • SYNONYMS: wicked, malicious, savage • ANTONYMS: good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless

  8. trickle • (v.) to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream; (n.) a small, irregular quantity of anything • Example: The water began to ________trickle from the rusty old pipe. • SYNONYMS: (v.) dribble, drizzle, drip (n.) small amount • ANTONYMS: (v.) gush, pour, flood (n.) deluge

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