Essential Eighth Grade Vocabulary: List 2

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  1. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  2. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  3. sheer
    so thin as to transmit light
  4. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
  5. subordinate
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
  6. dainty
    something considered choice to eat
  7. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  8. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  9. revelation
    the act of making something evident
  10. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
  11. exult
    feel extreme happiness or elation
  12. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  13. concession
    the act of yielding
  14. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  15. emphatic
    spoken with particular stress
Created on Tue Jun 03 18:34:55 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jun 03 18:36:17 EDT 2025)

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