8^th Grade Honors Language Arts

Vocabulary Terms by Unit

Unit 1

1. aberration
2. bequeath
3. capitulate
4. debilitate
5. ensconce
6. felicity
7. glutton
8. hamlet
9. implausible

10. loathe

11. malice

12. nostalgia

13. pilfer

14. recompense

15. volition

Unit 2

1. allusion
2. chronic
3. denunciation
4. embellish
5. ferment
6. haggard
7. ingratiate
8. lassitude
9. malign

10. philistine

11. ramshackle

12. sage

13. transcend

14. voluminous

15. wistful

Unit 3

1. anonymity
2. awry
3. citadel
4. delirious
5. effervescent
6. fervor
7. hoard
8. kiosk
9. muster

10. partisan

11. prodigious

12. refurbish

13. sporadic

14. thoroughfare

15. venerable

Unit 4

1. acclaim
2. bedraggled
3. cryptic
4. ebb
5. fanatic
6. haphazard
7. illuminate
8. legacy
9. maim

10. perceptive

11. repudiate

12. solicitude

13. taint

14. trepidation

15. waif

Unit 5

1. assuage
2. blasphemous
3. celestial
4. dialogue
5. exuberant
6. heretic
7. incorrigible
8. peevish
9. portend

10. quash

11. reticent

12. squalid

13. turbulent

14. unorthodox

15. wrath

Unit 6

1. alleviate
2. anthology
3. conciliatory
4. diminution
5. esoteric
6. grit
7. ludicrous
8. menial
9. pessimistic

10. phosphorescence

11. ransack

12. salvo

13. tentative

14. vicarious

15. yearn

Unit 7

1. arid
2. compatible
3. deplore
4. fraught
5. incontrovertible
6. loquacious
7. microcosm
8. ornate
9. petulant

10. quip

11. scoff

12. tantalize

13. urbane

14. volatile

15. wanton

Unit 8

1. apathy
2. bludgeon
3. cursory
4. eloquent
5. forlorn
6. innumerable
7. murky
8. ordeal
9. phoenix

10. rebuff

11. scrupulous

12. specter

13. textile

14. ultimatum

15. vanguard

Unit 9

1. amass
2. bravado
3. commiserate
4. deter
5. euphemism
6. fledgling
7. lavish
8. menagerie
9. occult
10. peripheral
11. profusion
12. recluse
13. skittish
14. tangible
15. undulate

Unit 10

1. amendment
2. calliope
3. clairvoyance
4. didactic
5. epic
6. gruff
7. incomprehensible
8. lurch
9. ocular
10. palatable
11. quiver
12. residual
13. stoic
14. tirade
15. voracious

Unit 11

1. adversary
2. ambulatory
3. cacophony
4. capricious
5. cumbersome
6. exacerbate
7. hierarchy
8. insatiable
9. meander
10. overt
11. piety
12. rebut
13. squabble
14. treachery
15. validate

Unit 12

1. ajar
2. buffoon
3. dexterous
4. engender
5. geology
6. impartial
7. malicious
8. nonchalant
9. pantomime
10. prolific
11. recede
12. sequester
13. tawdry
14. uncouth
15. vulnerable