Topic Details - 8th Grade ELA Vocab - IV

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Topic Information

Suggested Grade
Middle School
Description
Vocabulary words for English Language Arts (ELA), 8th grade.
Words in List
14
 
 
 

Words in the Topic

Downtrodden

tyrannized over; oppressed

Concierge

a member of a hotel staff in charge of special services for guests

Belied

to show to be false; contradict

Berth

a shelf-like sleeping space, as on a ship, air plane, or railroad car

Calamity

a great misfortune or disaster

Coquetry

flirtatious

Plaintive

expressing sorrow or melancholy

Estranging

to turn away in feeling, to become unfriendly

Caprices

a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality

Amicably

characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable

Laboriously

requiring much work, exertion, or perseverrance

Courier

a special messanger, esp one carrying correspondence

Altercation

a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy

Deferential

respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another