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Grade Eight Vocabulary List One
You will need to know the following words for this unit.
susceptible
approachable
permissible
obtainable
impossible
detectable
incredible
clearance
intermission
perennial
interview
percolate
interstate
perforated
interpreter
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Grade Eight Vocabulary List Two
You will need to know the following words for this unit.
perpetual
interception
perseverance
interrupt
abdicate
international
absence
paramedic
decelerate
excuse
accelerate
accuse
relocate
intention
allocate
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Grade Eight Vocabulary List Three
You will need to know the following words for this unit.
attention
progression
pronounce
aggression
announce
derive
resent
assent
destruction
parallel
deprived
paraphrase
depleted
assume
apprehend
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Grade Eight Vocabulary List Four
You will need to know the following words for this unit.
citizen
courage
concerned
urgency
license
magician
calendar
category
dependable
compatible
acceptable
experience
resemblance
ingredient
ignorance
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Grade Eight Vocabulary List Five
You will need to know the following words for this unit.
gymnasium
reluctant
specifically
optimistically
dramatically
periodically
automatically
adolescent
morally
sentimentality
prominent
compliance
permanent
alliance
adjacent
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Word Chop: Grade Eight Vocabulary List One
Directions: The table below contains words that have been broken apart. Find the parts that fit together to form a word Write each word on the line below.
susce permi inter state
ptible obtai ssible nnial
interm approa olate nable
preter rview inte clea
inter chable dible pere
perfo incre sible impos
table perc rated rance
ission detec
Answers:
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Word Chop: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Two
Directions: The table below contains words that have been broken apart. Find the parts that fit together to form a word Write each word on the line below.
erate perp para exc
interc relo erate use
cate accel abs intern
medic ntion ational persev
acc ence allo eption
etual abdi erance decel
cate inte cate rrupt
inte use
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Word Chop: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Three
Directions: The table below contains words that have been broken apart. Find the parts that fit together to form a word Write each word on the line below.
ass uction hrase der
ent res para llel
eted ession depr appr
aggre anno ent destr
parap ssion ived ass
depl ive ounce unce
atte pron ume progr
ntion ehend
Answers:
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Word Chop: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Four
Directions: The table below contains words that have been broken apart. Find the parts that fit together to form a word Write each word on the line below.
dient izen table dable
lic cale compa depen
cian cit igno cate
cou tible erned rance
conc rage resem ense
exper ency ndar accep
urg magi ience blance
gory ingre
Answers:
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Word Chop: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Five
Directions: The table below contains words that have been broken apart. Find the parts that fit together to form a word Write each word on the line below.
period scent perm tically
prom ically gymn optimis
ctant dramat alli mor
specif asium adja relu
anent compl ically ically
sentime cent automa ally
ance iance ntality inent
adole tically
Answers:
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Cryptogram: Grade Eight Vocabulary List One
Directions: Unscramble the words. Write the correct spelling in the shaded boxes. Write a letter from each numbered box to answer the riddle.
RIDDLE:
When actors take a break.
ESLEIMPISBR
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6 1
LAOAINEBTB
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AOPREETDFR
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3
TECALROEP
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8
ENRRTPREEIT
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2 5
SETETIATNR
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4 7
IIESBOPSLM
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ARAEECLCN
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BDEIERCLNI
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ANSWER:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 7 1 8 2
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Cryptogram: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Two
Directions: Unscramble the words. Write the correct spelling in the shaded boxes. Write a letter from each numbered box to answer the riddle.
RIDDLE:
No one owns this water.
LRTUAEPPE
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8
UXSEEC
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4
CTEOIPETRNNI
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1 7
RETCLEAEED
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5
LEECCERAAT
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6
DTCAAIBE
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3
EINTNNTOI
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2
BSEANCE
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DMPAECRIA
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ANSWER:
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1 2 3 4 5 2 6 3 1 7 2 6 8
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Cryptogram: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Three
Directions: Unscramble the words. Write the correct spelling in the shaded boxes. Write a letter from each numbered box to answer the riddle.
RIDDLE:
This is when you catch a criminal.
NTTNAOEIT
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IGOSERNSRPO
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EHPPARARAS
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5 1
LRAAPELL
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NUPNOOERC
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VDDPRIEE
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2 7
GEGRINSASO
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3
ONNUCNAE
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4
TENSER
_ _ _ _ _ _
6
ANSWER:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1 2 2 3 4 5 4 6 7
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Cryptogram: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Four
Directions: Unscramble the words. Write the correct spelling in the shaded boxes. Write a letter from each numbered box to answer the riddle.
RIDDLE:
I always have something my sleeve. Who am I?
CENRNEDOC
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5
ARUGECO
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TIIECNZ
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4
YGUECNR
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3
AMSEBELRECN
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1
SECINEL
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DNALAECR
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2
RCTOYEGA
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GEDNNIEITR
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6
ANSWER:
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1 2 3 4 5 4 2 6
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Cryptogram: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Five
Directions: Unscramble the words. Write the correct spelling in the shaded boxes. Write a letter from each numbered box to answer the riddle.
RIDDLE:
This is what it means to work together toward a common goal.
MNYUGSAIM
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YOMRLLA
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AIPFSLCYCILE
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3 5 1
UARNETCLT
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CLIIRYODEALP
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6 2
ENNOTPIRM
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4
DOELNTSAEC
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PETNNAEMR
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CTJAANED
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ANSWER:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1 2 2 3 1 4 5 6
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Where's My Letter? Grade Eight Vocabulary List One
Each word is missing two letters. Fill in the missing letters to spell the word correctly.
su_cept_ble
app_oach_ble
per_issi_le
obt_ina_le
imp_ss_ble
dete_ta_le
incr_dib_e
clea_a_ce
i_termi_sion
pe_en_ial
int_rvi_w
per_ol_te
inte_sta_e
per_ora_ed
int_rp_eter
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Where's My Letter? Grade Eight Vocabulary List Two
Each word is missing two letters. Fill in the missing letters to spell the word correctly.
per_etu_l
inter_ep_ion
pers_ve_ance
int_rru_t
a_dica_e
inte_nati_nal
ab_en_e
par_med_c
de_el_rate
e_c_se
ac_ele_ate
a_c_se
r_loc_te
inte_ti_n
all_ca_e
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Where's My Letter? Grade Eight Vocabulary List Three
Each word is missing two letters. Fill in the missing letters to spell the word correctly.
a_ten_ion
pro_ress_on
pro_oun_e
aggr_ss_on
an_oun_e
d_ri_e
r_se_t
a_se_t
des_ru_tion
pa_al_el
de_riv_d
par_p_rase
de_le_ed
as_u_e
appr_he_d
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Where's My Letter? Grade Eight Vocabulary List Four
Each word is missing two letters. Fill in the missing letters to spell the word correctly.
ci_iz_n
co_ra_e
co_cern_d
u_ge_cy
li_e_se
m_gi_ian
ca_e_dar
cat_go_y
de_en_able
co_pa_ible
acc_pta_le
ex_erie_ce
res_mbla_ce
in_re_ient
ign_ran_e
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Where's My Letter? Grade Eight Vocabulary List Five
Each word is missing two letters. Fill in the missing letters to spell the word correctly.
gy_nasi_m
r_lu_tant
s_eci_ically
opti_isti_ally
dra_atic_lly
pe_iod_cally
aut_mati_ally
ad_le_cent
mo_al_y
sentim_nta_ity
pro_in_nt
co_plia_ce
per_an_nt
alli_n_e
ad_a_ent
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Vocabulary Quiz: Grade Eight Vocabulary List One
Match the vocabulary word on the left with its definition on the right.
1. interstate difficult or impossible to believe
2. obtain to penetrate or go through something
3. impossible to perceive, discover, or uncover
4. clearance to be customary; prevail
5. perforate a pause or interruption between periods of activity; respite; recess
6. intermission available to others; easily approached
7. interview to cause (a liquid) to trickle or pass through something porous, such as a filter
8. incredible to provide an explanation
9. permissible permitted; allowable
10. interpret easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by to)
11. susceptible the space between things that prevents a collision
12. perennial a meeting between a job applicant and a prospective employer, usually to determine the applicant's qualifications
13. approachable lasting throughout the year, for many years, or indefinitely; constant
14. percolate not able to happen, exist, or be done
15. detect concerning or connecting two or more states, especially of the United States
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Vocabulary Quiz: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Two
Match the vocabulary word on the left with its definition on the right.
1. interrupt to cause (a particular activity or process) to happen faster
2. accelerate to formally relinquish a position of power, a claim, or a right
3. intention to cause to stop; break off
4. absence to set aside (money or other resources) for some specific use
5. accuse to pardon or overlook (a minor fault or error)
6. paramedic one who is trained to work as a doctor's assistant or as a provider of emergency medical care
7. perpetual to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down
8. interception a decided course of action; plan
9. decelerate steadfast continuance in a course of action, task, or belief
10. allocate to locate or move again
11. perseverance of or relating to the affairs of two or more nations
12. international the state or condition of being away or not present
13. relocate to charge with a crime or error
14. abdicate the act of intercepting or the condition of being intercepted
15. excuse lasting or continuing forever
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Vocabulary Quiz: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Three
Match the vocabulary word on the left with its definition on the right.
1. derive to catch and place under arrest
2. assume to take a possession or attribute away from; divest of
3. paraphrase to obtain or extract from an original source (usually followed by from)
4. resent a sequence, as of items in a series; succession
5. assent to lessen drastically; exhaust
6. parallel remove in number
7. aggression a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify or clarify
8. destruction concentration of mental powers, especially on a particular object
9. progression the act of destroying
10. attention extending in the same direction and being the same distance apart at every point
11. deplete unprovoked hostile action against a country by another's military forces
12. pronounce to make known publicly
13. apprehend to articulate or enunciate (a sound, word, or words), or to utter (something) in a specified manner
14. announce to suppose (something) to be true without evidence; take for granted
15. deprive to feel or exhibit bitterness, displeasure, or indignation toward
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Vocabulary Quiz: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Four
Match the vocabulary word on the left with its definition on the right.
1. dependable
deserving of trust or confidence; reliable
2. license the state of being urgent; pressing necessity or importance
3. concerned the quality of will that enables a person to confront fear or danger regardless of the consequences; bravery
4. ignorance one skilled in magic, or one who performs tricks of illusion for entertainment
5. category involved or interested
6. ingredient a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, especially a nation (Cf. alien)
7. experience a specific class or group in a classification system
8. resemblance formal permission from an authority; official permit
9. courage able to exist or function harmoniously with another
10. acceptable one of the substances or elements in a mixture
11. compatible a chart of the days, weeks, and months of one or more years
12. calendar the condition or fact of being ignorant; lack of education, information, or the like
13. urgency worthy of approval; satisfactory
14. magician the state or fact of showing similarity or likeness
15. citizen a particular situation or event that one has encountered or lived through
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Vocabulary Quiz: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Five
Match the vocabulary word on the left with its definition on the right.
1. periodical of the period between puberty and adulthood
2. periodic a publication composed of issues that appear at regular intervals
3. reluctant a building or large room designed and equipped for physical education and for athletic and gymnastic games and contests
4. gymnasium near or next to; adjoining
5. compliance of, pertaining to, or possessing drama
6. morally tending to expect favorable outcomes
7. specific having repeated cycles
8. optimistic clearly noticeable; obvious; conspicuous
9. automatic acquiescence or conformity
10. dramatic a formal pact or agreement between or among nations
11. permanent existing or intended to exist indefinitely or perpetually; everlasting
12. alliance in a moral way or manner
13. sentimentality something that is specific, such as a statement or characteristic
14. prominent unenthusiastic or unwilling; disinclined
15. adolescent acting by itself without outside power or influence
16. adjacent the quality or condition, or an instance, of being sentimental, especially in an excessive or affected way
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Word Scramble: Grade Eight Vocabulary List One
Unscramble the following words.
1) siutbslceep __________________________ 2) lbcepahopara __________________________ 3) eesibmisrlp __________________________ 4) lbnboaatei __________________________ 5) msibpiosel __________________________ 6) teebaedctl __________________________ 7) eneiildrbc __________________________ 8) lcanercae __________________________ 9) rsniisenoimt __________________________ 10) nerniaepl __________________________ 11) vweritnei __________________________ 12) cpaeelrto __________________________ 13) enstietrat __________________________ 14) eaoretprfd __________________________
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Word Scramble: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Two
Unscramble the following words.
1) eptlrpaue __________________________ 2) ptnineorceit __________________________ 3) seernvaprece __________________________ 4) rtrutepni __________________________ 5) aedcitab __________________________ 6) nniaintlreoat __________________________ 7) beascen __________________________ 8) maperidca __________________________ 9) elertceade __________________________ 10) xeusec __________________________ 11) trelaacece __________________________ 12) cceaus __________________________ 13) octearel __________________________ 14) tenionnit __________________________
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Word Scramble: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Three
Unscramble the following words.
1) toattienn __________________________ 2) srgorpsoine __________________________ 3) ourconpne __________________________ 4) oiegasnsgr __________________________ 5) nenocnau __________________________ 6) direev __________________________ 7) etenrs __________________________ 8) etanss __________________________ 9) tteudsiconr __________________________ 10) aellalrp __________________________ 11) rdvpieed __________________________ 12) asrrahppae __________________________ 13) eddetepl __________________________ 14) aemsus __________________________
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Word Scramble: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Four
Unscramble the following words.
1) itiznce __________________________ 2) earoguc __________________________ 3) edoenccnr __________________________ 4) gnyceur __________________________ 5) elicesn __________________________ 6) ginaamic __________________________ 7) raaecdnl __________________________ 8) agotcyre __________________________ 9) nbpddeeale __________________________ 10) mpcietbola __________________________ 11) bcaeealpct __________________________ 12) eiepcneexr __________________________ 13) nbmeceesral __________________________ 14) dnitnregie __________________________
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Word Scramble: Grade Eight Vocabulary List Five
Unscramble the following words.
1) uiygmmans __________________________ 2) elncuttra __________________________ 3) fplycsceiila __________________________ 4) smiatitlipcoyl __________________________ 5) adrycialatml __________________________ 6) lpaiercyldio __________________________ 7) acmtilultaayo __________________________ 8) aoelcdtnse __________________________ 9) lloyarm __________________________ 10) lisemtntytiean __________________________ 11) inmnroetp __________________________ 12) pmcenoacil __________________________ 13) rmnapetne __________________________ 14) laeclian __________________________
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Grade Eight - Word List 1- Word Search
Directions: Circle or shade in each word from the word box. All words are positioned left to right.
F D B L E B P E R E N N I A L Z I X R P Y P G
T V U W E N J J U T A J Q I H M F Q T G M K W
H E E L W U H N P E R F O R A T E D L Y S L F
W N A G G K N P N I N I N T E R S T A T E Q T
N V S C L E A R A N C E F I T I E X N M L I R
I R K O D Y F E K Y P L W E C N I R F J G B K
W X N V E B O B T A I N A B L E Y W G U X M I
E R V Q S L Y I N C R E D I B L E V A Y T F Q
J F K Q K S P E R C O L A T E B P X R N J J E
Y N O B W S F Y W P I N T E R M I S S I O N L
F M D G P E R M I S S I B L E F C W Z H O Y W
W F S X F V X Q B S H R D E T E C T A B L E Q
K J Z X Q Q V B R N T S U S C E P T I B L E H
T G N S Z Z I N T E R P R E T E R C W S G Q C
A I N T E R V I E W L K L E I R S W L Q M E H
S I M P O S S I B L E A L K J K P T D O R E P
A T S M M Z Y A P P R O A C H A B L E S Z S R
B Z N K A F W V L B V X I V W S N T J K O N S
susceptible approachable permissible
interstate perforated interpreter
perennial interview percolate
incredible clearance
intermission
obtainable impossible detectable
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Grade Eight - Word List 2 - Word Search
Directions: Circle or shade in each word from the word box. All words are positioned left to right.
Y H O W J W A B S E N C E O X L D Z X R N I G
W Y M P X N N Y Z R H Q K O E M G S Z U W E Q
C J U E U N D E C E L E R A T E G T N V S A R
M V B R U C W B I N T E R C E P T I O N N K D
X U A B D I C A T E R E L O C A T E L Q H U Q
A L L O C A T E Y U P E R P E T U A L Y A H G
P I N T E R R U P T V N V O Q Z D K P J H S B
I N T E N T I O N B A U P A R A M E D I C A Y
Y G B W L H A P H K M O A C C E L E R A T E P
B A G W M J B K V M H C T W W J B P E P Q C P
L H N R S F I J A A C C U S E C X M S E C J I
L R E T C X X D I H F A V A S H K A P I R K D
E Y U K N Q H K F N P I E X C U S E K F I P F
V I N T E R N A T I O N A L T H E J Q T R R R
M A Q P E R S E V E R A N C E W Z X U Y H E Q
A I I D U B X L L M T O B Q V T G L Z Z A G G
H S O M N T L A C C D V H Z M M Q C V R X N H
A S O K G I E Z J L A U X S I A U K H H X J B
perpetual interception
perseverance
interrupt abdicate
international
absence paramedic decelerate
excuse accelerate
accuse
relocate intention allocate
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Grade Eight - Word List 3 - Word Search
Directions: Circle or shade in each word from the word box. All words are positioned left to right.
P A R A P H R A S E H O C M Y C M L Z E I E L
A N M C K D E P L E T E D W F I G J Q R U O A
R J D U G L H J Y C X B G R K B J C L L Y W U
U Z M B C S Q D E S T R U C T I O N A J X W F
Q J F T J K O I T R O R E S E N T H A B Y X M
G D Q C I K D E P R I V E D J H I V R F J I H
Q T Z V N P X I A S S E N T D C O B F M K L T
N N Y A C B B J M F Q D E R I V E D W H P G B
J T I K S P C Z X G C S W Y W L L H F V M J I
A I I H P R O N O U N C E T S U Y Y I K C Y Y
B E G A Q S H S K R G X A S S U M E E N C T L
J L E K N R M A V G G P B X A G B I B M B H D
S X S R R O R J A P P R E H E N D J K R V O C
D E O A G G R E S S I O N C A M Y T S A S A I
A N N O U N C E A T T E N T I O N L X V M C W
H I P R O G R E S S I O N C U P A N O P V W O
V I U V D A A H N I P A R A L L E L F S I W H
Q O D U I D E E B B I B I S A I U U A P C R Z
attention progression pronounce
aggression announce
derive
resent assent
destruction
parallel deprived
paraphrase
depleted assume
apprehend
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Grade Eight - Word List 4 - Word Search
Directions: Circle or shade in each word from the word box. All words are positioned left to right.
W S O E B Q D E L H Q A M C F Y X R Q B N X H
E B J P M A T C C O M P A T I B L E L K H B P
D U J E O T L H R A L C I A A E C O S Y Q J G
R X P A M W L C R E S E M B L A N C E P C W B
T A J L G K A I G N O R A N C E K Z F F V L Z
Z O E M A G I C I A N C A L E N D A R Y S L C
I J C A T E G O R Y O A N J H G X O W L Z V S
Z N G C O U R A G E X P E R I E N C E D L S E
E U N G B M U D D E P E N D A B L E W X L V U
N B C W D C S F X G K T G S Y Q H X R H A U D
O J L U C O N C E R N E D Q Q Z B C O I A U J
Q F A W E G C M L Y U F C J S X R R V J B A C
G T F I D B E F G P U J T L X A H O J O O V K
P N C I T I Z E N L N A U R G E N C Y C Y U G
C A I S G J O P A C C E P T A B L E C S Q J Z
I N G R E D I E N T E N G J M N J V B S I P J
J S G G A G E L I C E N S E V H Z G Z C B R A
K B A L P W D Q C P E P W I L K H R M Z M P Y
citizen courage
concerned
urgency license
magician
calendar category
dependable
compatible acceptable experience
resemblance ingredient ignorance
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Grade Eight - Word List 5 - Word Search
Directions: Circle or shade in each word from the word box. All words are positioned left to right.
M T W Y W U R E L U C T A N T H F A A I T Z O
D G Y M N A S I U M E L Z Y Q B B M B F T V Q
O P T I M I S T I C A L L Y B Z M S R T K O Q
S B Z V X U M O R A L L Y Z Z O J W A U X D R
V A U T O M A T I C A L L Y S K H S T S P A Y
E Z S Y N O M W D P R O M I N E N T X H O O O
Q X H M H H T A F E F B V N C K F T R Y H X A
L H I O P P E R M A N E N T J R K T Q B E P V
F X V J S E N T I M E N T A L I T Y C K M M D
Z Q Q J U Y I V D D R A M A T I C A L L Y Q E
X J H N Z X F C O M P L I A N C E Y X J T I I
Y F A D O L E S C E N T A D J A C E N T C D U
T S U D N S Q Z S P E C I F I C A L L Y L L D
A A L L I A N C E A Q K U U O F Y O P J V K M
L K G X C Q V I U P X D K C O V W M Y F V V B
P L X O P P J M T D J Q E C C P Z K A J O O B
S D P E R I O D I C A L L Y X B D H A M B R W
E T R G C Y L A G V A U I O F C G L O E M R G
gymnasium reluctant
specifically
optimistically dramatically periodically
automatically adolescent
morally
sentimentality prominent
compliance
permanent alliance adjacent
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Answer Key Page 6- susceptible, approachable, permissible, obtainable, impossible, detectable, incredible, clearance, intermission, perennial, interview, percolate, interstate, perforated, interpreter Page 7- perpetual, interception, perseverance, interrupt, abdicate, international, absence, paramedic, decelerate, excuse, accelerate, accuse, relocate, intention, allocate Page 8- attention, progression, pronounce, aggression, announce, derive, resent, assent, destruction, parallel, deprived, paraphrase, depleted, assume, apprehend Page 9- citizen, courage, concerned, urgency, license, magician, calendar, category, dependable, compatible, acceptable, experience, resemblance, ingredient, ignorance Page 10- gymnasium, reluctant, specifically, optimistically, dramatically periodically, automatically, adolescent, morally, sentimentality, prominent, compliance, permanent, alliance, adjacent Page 11- permissible, obtainable perforated, percolate interpreter, interstate impossible, clearance incredible riddle: intermission Page 12- perpetual, excuse interception, decelerate accelerate, abdicate intention, absence paramedic riddle: international Page 13- attention, progression paraphrase, parallel pronounce, deprived
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aggression, announce resent riddle: apprehend Page 14- concerned, courage citizen, urgency resemblance, license calendar, category ingredient riddle: magician Page 15- gymnasium, morally specifically, reluctant periodically, prominent adolescent, permanent adjacent riddle: alliance Page 16- susceptible, approachable, permissible, obtainable, impossible, detectable, incredible, clearance, intermission, perennial, interview, percolate, interstate, perforated, interpreter Page 17- perpetual, interception, perseverance, interrupt, abdicate, international, absence, paramedic, decelerate, excuse, accelerate, accuse, relocate, intention, allocate Page 18- attention, progression, pronounce, aggression, announce, derive, resent, assent, destruction, parallel, deprived, paraphrase, depleted, assume, apprehend Page 19- citizen, courage, concerned, urgency, license, magician, calendar, category, dependable, compatible, acceptable, experience, resemblance, ingredient, ignorance Page 20- gymnasium, reluctant, specifically, optimistically, dramatically, periodically, automatically, adolescent, morally, sentimentality, prominent, compliance, permanent, alliance, adjacent
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1. interstate concerning or connecting two or more states, especially of the United States
2. obtain to penetrate or go through something
3. impossible not able to happen, exist, or be done
4. clearance the space between things that prevents a collision
5. perforate a pause or interruption between periods of activity respite; recess
6. intermission available to others; easily approached
7. interview a meeting between a job applicant and a prospective employer, usually to determine the applicant's qualifications
8. incredible difficult or impossible to believe
9. permissible permitted; allowable
10. interpret to provide an explanation
11. susceptible easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by to)
12. perennial lasting throughout the year, for many years, or indefinitely; constant
13. approachable to be customary; prevail
14. percolate to cause (a liquid) to trickle or pass through something porous, such as a filter
15. detect to perceive, discover, or uncover
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1. interrupt to cause to stop; break off
2. accelerate to cause (a particular activity or process) to happen faster
3. intention a decided course of action; plan
4. absence the state or condition of being away or not present
5. accuse to charge with a crime or error
6. paramedic one who is trained to work as a doctor's assistant or as a provider of emergency medical care
7. perpetual lasting or continuing forever
8. interception the act of intercepting or the condition of being intercepted
9. decelerate to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down
10. allocate to set aside (money or other resources) for some specific use
11. perseverance steadfast continuance in a course of action, task, or belief
12. international of or relating to the affairs of two or more nations
13. relocate to locate or move again
14. abdicate to formally relinquish a position of power, a claim, or a right
15. excuse to pardon or overlook (a minor fault or error)
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1. derive to obtain or extract from an original source (usually followed by from)
2. assume to suppose (something) to be true without evidence; take for granted
3. paraphrase a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify or clarify
4. resent to feel or exhibit bitterness, displeasure, or indignation toward
5. assent to lessen drastically; exhaust
6. parallel extending in the same direction and being the same distance apart at every point
7. aggression unprovoked hostile action against a country by another's military forces
8. destruction the act of destroying
9. progression a sequence, as of items in a series; succession
10. attention concentration of mental powers, especially on a particular object
11. deplete Remove in number
12. pronounce to articulate or enunciate (a sound, word, or words), or to utter (something) in a specified manner
13. apprehend to catch and place under arrest
14. announce to make known publicly
15. deprive to take a possession or attribute away from; divest of
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1. dependable deserving of trust or confidence; reliable
2. license formal permission from an authority; official permit
3. concerned involved or interested
4. ignorance the condition or fact of being ignorant; lack of education, information, or the like
5. category a specific class or group in a classification system
6. ingredient one of the substances or elements in a mixture
7. experience a particular situation or event that one has encountered or lived through
8. resemblance the state or fact of showing similarity or likeness
9. courage the quality that enables a person to confront fear or danger regardless of the consequences; bravery
10. acceptable worthy of approval; satisfactory
11. compatible able to exist or function harmoniously with another
12. calendar a chart of the days, weeks, and months of one or more years
13. urgency the state of being urgent; pressing necessity or importance
14. magician one skilled in magic, or one who performs tricks of illusion for entertainment
15. citizen a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, especially a nation (Cf. alien)
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1. periodical a publication composed of issues that appear at regular intervals
2. periodic having repeated cycles
3. reluctant unenthusiastic or unwilling; disinclined
4. gymnasium a building or large room designed and equipped for physical education and for athletic and gymnastic games and contests
5. compliance acquiescence or conformity
6. morally in a moral way or manner
7. specific clearly noticeable; obvious; conspicuous
8. optimistic tending to expect favorable outcomes
9. automatic acting by itself without outside power or influence
10. dramatic of, pertaining to, or possessing drama
11. permanent existing or intended to exist indefinitely or perpetually; everlasting
12. alliance a formal pact or agreement between or among nations
13. sentimentality the quality or condition, or an instance, of being sentimental, especially in an excessive or affected way.
14. prominent something that is specific, such as a statement or characteristic
15. adolescent of the period between puberty and adulthood
16. adjacent near or next to; adjoining
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