Vocabulary Workshop Level D Words
for renuka maam class. 8th grade
Unit 1
admonish - to scold mildly
breach- definition 1: a gap or opening. Definition 2- violation
bringland - a bandit/robber
circumspect - careful/cautious
commandeer - to seize for military use
cumbersome - def1 - clumsy/hard to handle. def2 - slow moving
deadlock - neither side is willing to back down
debris - remains of a structure
diffuse - def1- to spread/scatter. def2 - wordy/long
dilemma - difficult problem
efface - to wipe out
muddle - def1 - to make a mess of. def2 - a hopeless mess
opinionated - not open minded and won't listen to anyone
perennial - def1 - lasting for a long time. def2 - plant that lasted many years
predispose - to incline to beforehand.
relinquish - to give up/let go
salvage - def1- to save from a fire/shipwreck. def2 - property saved
spasmodic - sudden and violent but short lasting
spurious - fake/false
unbridled - no restraint/grip
Unit 2
Adjourn - to stop proceedings temporarily / move to another place
Alien - a citizen of another country / foreign and strange
Comely - having a pleasing appearance
Compensate - to make up for
Dissolute - loose in one’s morals or behavior
Erratic - not regular and consistent
Expulsion - the process of forcing out
Feint - a deliberate deceptive moment / to make a deceptive moment
Fodder - food for horses or cattle / raw material for design purposes
Fortify - to strengthen
Illegible - impossible to read
Jeer - to make fun of rudely / a rude remark
Lucrative - bringing in money
Mediocre - average and ordinary
Proliferate - to reproduce rapidly
Subjugate - to conquer by force
Sully - to soil and stain / to tarnish
Tantalize - to tease and torment
Terse - brief and to the point
Unflinching - firm and showing no signs of fear
Unit 3
Abridge - To shorten something (like a story)
Adherent- A loyal supporter or follower/attached, sticking to
Altercation - An argument or fight
Cherubic - Sweet and innocent like a baby angel
Condone - To overlook bad behavior
Dissent - To disagree
Embezzle - To steal in large amounts
Eminent - Famous and respected
Exorcise - To drive out with magic/ to dispose something menacing
Fabricate - To make up something
Gluttony - Eating way too much
Irate - Very angry
Marauder - A raider
Pauper - A very poor person
Pilfer - To steal things in small groups
Rift - A break or split
Semblance - A likeness
Surmount - To overcome
Terminate - To end something
Trite - Overused
Usurp - To take something (like power) unfairly
Unit 4
Abscond - to run off and hide
Access - approach or admittance to places, people, things / to obtain
Anarchy - lack of government and law
Arduous - hard to do and needs lots of effort
Auspicious - favorable and fortunate
Daunt - to overcome with fear, intimidate, to discourage
Disentangle - to free from tangles or problems
Fated - determined in advance from destiny or fortune
Hoodwink - to mislead by a trick/swindle
Inanimate - not having life, no energy or spirit
Incinerate - burn to ashes
Intrepid - brave and fearless
Larceny - theft
Pliant - easily influenced
Pompous - overly self-important in speech and manner
Precipice - steep cliff, brink edge of disaster
Prototype - original model which later versions are patterned
Rectify - to correct
Reprieve - temporary relief or delay/to grant a postponement
Revile - to attack with words
Unit 5
Accomplice - a person who takes part in a crime (negative connotation)
Annihilate - to completely destroy
Arbitrary - unreasonable and biased
Brazen - shameless / made of brass
Catalyst - substance that causes a chemical reaction / someone who causes a change
Exodus - large-scale departure of flight
Facilitate - to make it easier/assist
Incorrigible - not able to be corrected
Latent - present but not realized
Militant - given to fighting and active for a cause / an activist
Morose - having a gloomy mannar and not friendly or sociable
Opaque - not letting light through / not clear
Paramount - really important that it is above everything else
Prattle - to talk in a foolish way / babble like a baby
Rebut - to contradict to arguments with evidence
Reprimand - to scold / a rebuke
Servitude - slavery and forced labor
Slapdash - careless and hasty
Stagnant - not running or flowing (inactive) / sluggish
Succumb - to yield
Unit 6
Atone - to make up for
Bondage - slavery
Credible - believable
Defray - to pay for
Diligent - hardworking and not lazy
Doleful - sad and dreary
Ghastly - deathly pale/frightful and horrible
Hamper - to hold back / a basket
Hew - to shape or cut down with an ax / hold to
Impoverished - in a state of poverty
Incessant - never stopping, going on all the time
Intricate - complicated and difficult to understand
Lucid - easy and clear to understand / rational, same
Posthumous - occurring or publishing after a death
Prim - overly neat (negative connotation)
Sardonic - grimly or scornfully mocking
Superfluous - exceeding what is needed
Supplant - to take place of, superseded
Taunt - to jeer or mock at / an insulting remark
Tenacious - holding fast and holding together firmly
Unit 7
Adieu - farewell
Advent - an arrival, coming into place or view
Apex - the highest point up, the tip
Assimilate - to absorb or adapt fully, to adopt as one's own
Bogus - false
Boisterous - noisy and unruly (but in a positive way)
Exorbitant - unreasonably high costs
Interim - the time between / temporary, coming between two points in time
Inundate - to flood and overflow / to overwhelm by the number or size
Malign - to speak of evil
Meander - to wander about / a sharp turn or twist
Metropolis - a large city, the city center
Momentous - very important
Obstreperous - noisy and unruly in a negative way
Pensive - thoughtful (not towards others)
Perilous - dangerous
Shoddy - of poor quality
Sprightly - full of life, spicy, flavorful (in personality)
Surly - angry and rude
Tirade - a long angry speech
Vagrant - an idle wanderer / wandering aimlessly