8 TH GRADE ENGLISH VOCABULARY LIST #1. BARREN (adj.) not productive, bare Example: In contrast to...
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8TH GRADE ENGLISH
VOCABULARY LIST #1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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