Topic Details - 8th Grade ELA Vocab - II

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Topic Information

Suggested Grade
Middle School
Description
Vocabulary words for English Language Arts (ELA), 8th grade.
Words in List
21
 
 
 

Words in the Topic

Haggard

having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance

Vaguely

not clear or explicitly stated

Don

to put on or dress in

Aloof

at a distance, especially in feelings or interest

Glade

an open space in a forest

Ransack

to search thoroughly or vigorously through

Mercantile

Relating to merchants or trade, a store

Expounding

to set forth or state in detail

Precarious

exposed to or involving danger; dangerous, perilous, risky

Denoted

be a sign of; indicate

Malevolently

having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Waning

decrease in vigor, power, power, or extent; become weaker

Condoned

accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue

Candid

truthful and straightforward; frank

Retorted

say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittiy incisive manner

Collateral

of, relating to, or being collateral used as security(as for payment of a debt or performance of a contract)

Placid

not easily upset or excited; calm or peaceful

Wry

using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor

Insolent

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Maim

to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple

Revolt

to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; rebel; mutiny