6th through 8th Grade Word Wizard Vocabulary Word List

A comprehensive set of flashcards aimed at helping 6th through 8th graders master an extensive vocabulary for academic success.

Abrasive

Wearing, grinding or rubbing away by friction; rough.

Abruptly

In a manner that produces the effect of a sudden ending.

Academic

Relating to a school, especially an institution of higher education.

Accelerate

To add to the speed of or quicken the motion of.

Accessible

Easily approached, entered or obtained.

Accomplice

One that participates with another in a crime either as principal or accessory.

Accumulate

To heap up in a mass.

Accurate

Correct, exact, precise.

Acre

A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement.

Adequate

Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.

Adhere

To stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling.

Adjacent

Living nearby or sitting or standing relatively near or close together.

Adjunct

Something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it.

Advantageous

Affording advantage; beneficial.

Adversary

An opponent; an enemy.

Adverse

Unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect.

Advisory

A report giving information on a specific topic.

Advocate

One that argues for, defends, maintains, or recommends a cause or proposal.

Affable

Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.

Affiliation

The state or relation of being attached as a member or branch.

Agenda

A list, plan, outline, or schedule of things to be done.

Aggravate

To make worse, more serious, or more severe.

Allege

To assert, affirm, state without proof or before proving.

Alliance

Union or connection especially between families, states, parties, or individuals.

Allude

To refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion.

Aloof

Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote.

Altogether

Wholly, completely, thoroughly.

Ambivalent

Characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes.

Amendment

A change, modification, correction, or alteration.

Amnesia

Partial or total loss of memory.

Anniversary

The annual recurrence of a date marking an event.

Anomaly

Deviation or departure from the normal.

Anonymous

Of unknown or unnamed source or origin.

Anthology

A collection of literary pieces such as poems, short stories, or plays.

Anxiety

A state of uneasiness and apprehension.

Apathy

Absence of interest or concern.

Appease

To bring to a state of peace.

Appetite

An instinctive physical desire, especially for food.

Appropriate

Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place.

Arbiter

One chosen to decide a disputed issue.

Arrogance

The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.

Artificial

Made by humans; produced rather than natural.

Ascend

To move or climb upward.

Attrition

A gradual loss of personnel.

Audacious

Fearlessly, often recklessly, daring.

Augment

To make something greater in size or quantity.

Austere

Stern and cold in appearance or manner.

Authentic

Not false or imitation.

Author

The writer of a book or article.

Baccalaureate

The degree of bachelor conferred by universities.

Barracks

A building used for lodging soldiers.

Belligerent

Inclined or eager to fight.

Bibliography

A list of works of a specific author.

Billionaire

A person whose wealth amounts to at least a billion.

Blemish

Defect, flaw.

Bonanza

Something that yields an unexpectedly large profit.

Buccaneer

A pirate preying upon Spanish ships.

Buffalo

A large wild ox once abundant in America.

Buoyant

Able to regain high spirits after depression; lighthearted.

Bureaucrat

A member of a body of non-elected government officials.

Bursar

An administrative officer in charge of funds.

Cajole

To urge with gentle and repeated appeals.

Camaraderie

A spirit of friendly good-fellowship.

Candidacy

The quality of being likely or worthy to gain a position.

Candor

Unreserved, honest, or sincere expression.

Canter

To move at a smooth gait, especially of a horse.

Castigate

To inflict severe punishment on.

Catastrophe

A sudden, terrible calamity.

Censorious

Marked by or given to censure.

Census

An official enumeration of the population.

Ceramic

Of or relating to the art of fashioning clay.

Characteristic

Belonging to the essential nature of.

Chattel

An item of tangible property.

Chemistry

The science of the composition, structure, and reactions of matter.

Chocolate

Of a warm light brown color.

Chronic

Marked by long duration.

Chronological

Arranged in order of time.

Cite

To quote as an authority.

Citizen

A person owing loyalty to a state.

Coerce

To compel by force or intimidation.

Cogent

Appealing to the intellect or reasoning.

Colossal

Of a size that elicits awe.

Communicate

To convey information about.

Compatible

Capable of existing together.

Concept

A general idea derived from specific instances.

Condemn

To express strong disapproval of.

Condolence

Sympathy with a person who has experienced pain.

Conductor

One who is in charge of a train or bus.

Conflagration

A large disastrous fire.

Consecutive

Following one another in uninterrupted succession.

Constellation

A formation of stars perceived as a figure.

Contagious

Transmissible by contact.

Convoy

The act of accompanying for protective purposes.

Copious

Yielding or containing plenty.

Counsel

Advice or direction.

Credulity

Readiness to believe especially on slight evidence.

Current

Belonging to the present time.

Dawdle

To spend time idly.

Dearth

A scarce supply.

Decedent

A dead person.