Grade 8 LA Final Spelling Words

Abut

to touch / border

Appease

to make someone calm and satisfied

Awry

something that has gone wrong

Bludgeon

a short, heavy club

Calamitous

causing great damage

Capitulate

to surrender, give in

Chafe

wear away material by rubbing

Crony

a close friend

Cryptic

something mysterious, ambiguous

Curt

rudely brief

Dexterous

having or showing great skills

Dire

something extremely serious & urgent

Divergent

moving apart in different directions from a common point

Encroach

to intrude gradually

Entail

to involve, require

Fend

to ward off, repel

Gallantry

heroic courage in the face of danger

Gaunt

bleakly thin, hollow & desolate in appearance

Habituate

to make or become accustomed to something

Impunity

being exempt from punishment

Infiltrate

to enter without authorization

Mien

the outward appearance

Milieu

the environment or setting

Outlandish

something bizarre, far from normal expectations

Penal

affiliated with legal punishment

Pertinent

related to the subject at hand

Proclaim

to announce something with strong conviction

Quirk

a unique characteristic

Rankle

to cause persistent annoyance

Recluse

existing in deliberate isolation

Scavenger

a thing that searches for something

Stoical

endure pain & hardship

Taint

to contaminate, corrupt

Transition

changing from one situation to another

Upbraid

to criticize, scold

Vitality

the state of being strong

Whimsical

something playful & quirky