150 Words Every 8th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 8

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  1. amnesty
    a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  2. antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms
  3. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  4. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  5. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  6. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  7. ghastly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  8. incidentally
    by the way (used to introduce a new topic)
  9. longevity
    the property of having lived for a considerable time
  10. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
  11. melodious
    having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
  12. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  13. plaintiff
    a person who brings an action in a court of law
  14. scandalize
    strike with disgust or revulsion
  15. vaccinate
    produce immunity in by inoculation
Created on Wed Aug 30 15:04:11 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 15:06:33 EDT 2023)

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