8th Grade Vocab

Question 1

Ad Hoc

Answer 1

Created for a specific purpose disbanded when not needed

Question 2

Ad Hominem

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Focus on the fault of a person’s character instead of the topic

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

Personal stories that may or may not be factual

Question 4

Antebellum

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Adjective-used to before Civil War-Usually South

Question 5

Archetype

Answer 5

Original or Character that keeps appearing

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Austere

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A word that describes things that are sterile, harsh, and cold

Question 7

Banal

Answer 7

Depressingly common or mundane

Question 8

Bellicose

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War-like

Question 9

Blasphemy

Answer 9

A form of disrespect to something sacred

Question 10

Bohemian

Answer 10

Could describe a type of clothing or a carefree style

Question 11

Canard

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A story that is descriptive and false; a hoax

Question 12

Chronic

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Describes something persistent or that has happened over a long time

Question 13

Correlation

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Events that tend to happen together -not caused by each other

Question 14

Crescendo

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To increase in volume or intensity

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Deluge

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A flood or down pour -can be real or metaphorical

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Diatribe

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An angry complaint

Question 17

Eclectic

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Selecting what seems best from various styles, ideas, doctrines, methods, etc.

Question 18

Elucidate

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To make clear explain or provide explanation

Question 19

Enmity

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A feeling toward an enemy a condition of hostility, ill will, animosity, or hatred

Question 20

Epic

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Heroic, majestic, impressive, great, large or grand; a type of poetry

Question 21

Epitome

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The embodiment of a characteristic, state, or emotion, or idea; a typical example of a characteristic or class; embodiment; personification

Question 22

Fallacy

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A misleading or unsound argument

Question 23

Firmament

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The heavens or the sky

Question 24

Fervent

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Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm; hot; burning; glowing

Question 25

Feign

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To give a false appearance of; to imitate as though to deceive

Question 26

Feasible

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Capable of being done or carried out, capable of being dealt with successfully

Question 27

Foreshadow

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To represent or indicate before hand; to suggest in advance

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Gall

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Impudence, something that causes annoyance; bitterness; bile

Question 29

Genre

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Kind, category, or sort; especially literary or artistic works

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Germane

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Something that is related, relevant, or important to the current topic or situation

Question 31

Gaunt

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Extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated

Question 32

Gingerly

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Cautious, careful, or wary

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Gregarious

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Fond of the company of others; sociable; living in flocks or herds as animals

Question 34

Harbinger

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A person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; anything that foreshadows a future event; a signal

Question 35

Hierarchy

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Any system of persons or things ranked one above another a series of ordered groupings within a system

Question 36

Hyperbole

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Obvious and intentional exaggeration; an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally

Question 37

Hypocrite

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A person who pretends to have beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs

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Imperative

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Absolutely necessary or required

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Indifferent

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Without interest or concern; having no bias or preference; disinterested; average; unremarkable

Question 40

Innocuous

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Not likely to irritate or offend