8th Grade Spelling List #1
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a simple sentence in the second blank line, using correct punctuation,
grammar and spelling.
abbreviate
absorbent
accept
access
accessible
accessory
accumulate
adjust
already
amendment
8th Grade Spelling List #2
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a simple sentence in the second blank line, using correct punctuation,
grammar and spelling.
ancestor
antidote
antique
antiseptic
arrangement
asphalt
assignment
audible
bachelor
battery
8th Grade Spelling List #3
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a compound sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
behavior
brilliance
budget
bulletin
business
callus
cancellation
canvas
carburetor
cashier
8th Grade Spelling List #4
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a comound sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
characteristic
classic
college
comedy
commercial
committee
communicate
compensation
competent
council
8th Grade Spelling List #5
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1.
Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a compound sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
country
customary
customer
deceive
defendant
desolate
detain
devour
diagnosis
disappeared
8th Grade Spelling List #6
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1.
Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct punctuation,
grammar and spelling.
disapproval
divine
domestic
domesticate
easier
effect
eject
eliminate
encouragement
encyclopedia
8th Grade Spelling List #7
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1.
Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct punctuation,
grammar and spelling.
especially
exceptional
existence
exotic
expression
extremity
familiar
faulty
federal
flexible
8th Grade Spelling List #8
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1.
Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct punctuation,
grammar and spelling.
further
galaxy
genuine
gesture
geology
gigantic
gorgeous
gymnasium
handicapped
handsome
8th Grade Spelling List #9
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1.
Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct punctuation,
grammar and spelling.
harness
hazardous
headquarters
horrific
impatience
inconsolable
influence
innocence
insistent
integrity
8th Grade Spelling List #10
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1.
Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct punctuation,
grammar and spelling.
intensify
issuing
itemized
jewelry
juror
landslide
leisure
library
license
loophole
8th Grade Spelling List #11
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1.
Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a compound-complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
luncheon
markup
mattress
meteor
metric
modern
mystery
newsstand
newspaper
nineteenth
8th Grade Spelling List #12
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a compound-complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
noticeable
nylon
obesity
opposite
optimism
overrate
pageant
parliament
passable
penalty
8th Grade Spelling List #13
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a compound-complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
personality
picnicking
plaintiff
potential
preoccupy
quest
radioactive
recently
relevant
relief
8th Grade Spelling List #14
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a compound-complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
roommate
roster
rooste
sandwich
schedule
scholar
semester
session
signal
sincerely
8th Grade Spelling List #15
Name: ______________________________________ Due: _________________
Directions:
1. Look up the definition of each word that you don’t understand the meaning of on dictionary.com or in a
dictionary and write the definition in the first blank line.
2. Then use each vocabulary word to write a compound-complex sentence in the second blank line, using correct
punctuation, grammar and spelling.
terrific
thieves
tragedy
unacceptable
unique
usher
withhold
wrestle
written
withheld