SF•AW Everyday Spelling
Grade 8
Lesson 1
Getting Letters in
Correct Order
1. tremendous
2. doesn’t
3. collapse
4. because
5. believe
6. thoroughly
7. through
8. retrieve
9. glimpse
10. weird
Lesson 2
One Consonant or
Two?
1. embarrassment
2. unnecessary
3. occasionally
4. trespass
5. dismissed
6. challenge
7. forbidden
8. accompany
9. immediately
10. exaggerate
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mediocre
perception
irrelevant
perspective
neutral
preliminary
naive
perceive
deceitful
preferable
Challenge
kaleidoscope
surveillance
inconceivable
preposterous
interpretation
possessive
aggressive
accessory
compassionate
cancellation
commemorate
moccasin
accumulate
dilemma
appropriate
Challenge
preoccupation
saccharin
insufficient
constellation
commiserate
Lesson 3
Words with Digraphs
1. adventurous
2. unnatural
3. capture
4. questionable
5. beneficial
6. efficient
7. impression
8. expression
9. emotional
10. negotiate
Lesson 4
Greek Word Parts
1. hydrant
2. hydrogen
3. dehydrated
4. chronic
5. synchronize
6. thermos
7. thermometer
8. diameter
9. speedometer
10. centimeter
Lesson 5
Irregular Plurals
1. wives
2. giraffes
3. tariffs
4. great-aunts
5. mementos
6. mosquitoes
7. crises
8. analyses
9. criteria
10. species
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posture
punctual
cultural
congestion
sufficient
ancient
spacious
reassure
intermission
initiation
Challenge
picturesque
auspicious
repercussion
minutia
caricature
hydrophobia
hydraulic
hydroelectric
chronicle
chronological
thermostat
thermal
geometry
barometer
symmetry
Challenge
chronograph
thermodynamic
thermonuclear
metronome
asymmetrical
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wharves
ghettos
pistachios
vetoes
embargoes
sisters-in-law
diagnoses
stimuli
phenomena
Sioux
Challenge
armadillos
supercargoes
memoranda
radii
commandos
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Lesson 7
Words with No Sound
Clues
1. identify
2. government
3. everything
4. environment
5. probably
6. really
7. semester
8. luckily
9. favorite
10. delicate
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automatically
mortgage
temperamental
consequences
trampoline
therapy
catastrophe
distribute
criticism
hideous
Challenge
mannequin
annihilate
aesthetic
apropos
aerobics
Grade 8
Lesson 8
Related Words 1
1. define
2. definition
3. protect
4. protection
5. stable
6. stability
7. victory
8. victorious
9. politics
10. political
Lesson 9
Latin Roots 1
1. transfer
2. different
3. conference
4. construction
5. instructor
6. reconstruct
7. sensational
8. resentment
9. sensitivity
10. consent
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congratulate
congratulations
graduate
graduation
inspect
inspection
narrate
narrative
strategy
strategic
Challenge
immune
immunize
tranquil
tranquillity
intuitive
intuition
Lesson 10
Suffixes -age, -ism,
ure
1. mileage
2. postage
3. passage
4. baggage
5. realism
6. capitalism
7. journalism
8. pleasure
9. moisture
10. pressure
fertilize
preferred
referral
inference
destructive
obstruction
structural
sensibility
consensus
sensitize
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Challenge
preferential
differentiate
indestructible
insensitive
sentimental
storage
wreckage
vandalism
mannerism
heroism
optimism
composure
legislature
sculpture
failure
Challenge
acreage
metabolism
materialism
architecture
enclosure
2
Lesson 11
Compound Words
1. underground
2. halfway
3. outside
4. granddaughter
5. daydream
6. seventy-two
7. self-esteem
8. well-known
9. life jacket
10. shopping center
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thunderstorm
throughout
bookkeeper
wheelchair
underrated
vice-president
great-grandmother
no one
remote control
role model
Challenge
straightforward
straight-faced
daylight-saving time
stage fright
report card
SF•AW Everyday Spelling
Grade 8
Lesson 13
Directional Prefixes
1. submarine
2. subtraction
3. subheading
4. transparent
5. translate
6. transcript
7. transmit
8. supermarket
9. supersonic
10. superstition
Lesson 14
Related Words 2
1. exclaim
2. exclamation
3. detain
4. detention
5. comprehend
6. comprehension
7. intrude
8. intrusion
9. ferocious
10. ferocity
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submerge
subcommittee
subsection
subdivision
transfusion
transaction
transportation
supernatural
supersede
superficial
Challenge
subterranean
subordinate
translucent
transoceanic
superimpose
sustain
sustenance
pertain
pertinent
commit
commission
recede
recession
invade
invasion
Challenge
atrocious
atrocity
abstain
abstention
apprehend
apprehension
Lesson 15
Latin and Greek
Word Parts 1
1. scribble
2. describe
3. manuscript
4. graphic
5. paragraph
6. photography
7. geography
8. revoke
9. vocalize
10. eloquent
Lesson 16
Easily Confused
Words
1. collage
2. college
3. emigrants
4. immigrants
5. hardy
6. hearty
7. envelop
8. envelope
9. magnet
10. magnate
Lesson 17
Words from Many
Cultures 1
1. amateur
2. calligraphy
3. batik
4. rodeo
5. snorkel
6. karate
7. banjo
8. jukebox
9. luggage
10. umbrella
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subscribe
postscript
inscription
biography
vocation
advocate
invoke
soliloquy
loquacious
colloquial
Challenge
circumscribe
cartographer
choreograph
irrevocable
circumlocution
liable
libel
allude
elude
rational
rationale
persecute
prosecute
imply
infer
Challenge
affective
effective
eminent
imminent
perpetrate
perpetuate
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origami
macramé
toboggan
slalom
safari
tambourine
ukulele
encore
hammock
machete
Challenge
mah-jongg
jai alai
boccie
croquet
canasta
SF•AW Everyday Spelling
Grade 8
Lesson 19
Unusual Letter
Combinations
1. matinee
2. sleuth
3. forfeit
4. porcelain
5. limousine
6. guarantee
7. camouflage
8. cantaloupe
9. parliament
10. pageant
Lesson 20
Latin and Greek
Word Parts 2
1. justify
2. jury
3. judicial
4. critical
5. regular
6. regal
7. regional
8. democracy
9. policy
10. metropolis
Lesson 21
Suffixes -able, -ible,
ance, -ence
1. flammable
2. noticeable
3. available
4. collectible
5. divisible
6. edible
7. endurance
8. attendance
9. reference
10. intelligence
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turquoise
nuisance
sergeant
counterfeit
connoisseur
silhouette
archaeology
ricochet
liaison
aerial
Challenge
hors d'oeuvre
bureaucrat
reveille
entrepreneur
reconnaissance
perjury
jurisdiction
judicious
critique
hypocrite
regiment
regime
cosmopolitan
demographic
epidemic
Challenge
prejudicial
hypercritical
regalia
acropolis
megalopolis
knowledgeable
charitable
deductible
compatible
resemblance
vengeance
elegance
occurrence
convenience
competence
Lesson 22
One Word or Two?
1. kind of
2. have to
3. all ready
4. already
5. a lot
6. allot
7. every day
8. everyday
9. may be
10. maybe
Lesson 23
Homophones
1. aloud
2. allowed
3. assistance
4. assistants
5. suite
6. sweet
7. symbol
8. cymbal
9. overdue
10. overdo
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supposed to
going to
any way
anyway
a part
apart
all together
altogether
any more
anymore
Challenge
à la carte
all-American
breathtaking
foreword
afterwards
Challenge
foreseeable
unpronounceable
imperceptible
perseverance
effervescence
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aisle
isle
bizarre
bazaar
ascent
assent
canvas
canvass
colonel
kernel
Challenge
bouillon
bullion
cue
queue
callous
callus
SF•AW Everyday Spelling
Lesson 25
Suffixes -ous, -ment,
-ness
1. courageous
2. ridiculous
3. hazardous
4. argument
5. excitement
6. improvement
7. refreshment
8. gentleness
9. sleepiness
10. openness
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outrageous
suspicious
miscellaneous
acknowledgment
judgment
engagement
arrangement
stubbornness
cleanliness
evenness
Challenge
advantageous
conscientious
encouragement
achievement
outspokenness
Grade 8
Lesson 26
Latin Roots 2
1. corporation
2. incorporate
3. corpse
4. centipede
5. pedestal
6. manicure
7. management
8. manufacture
9. perspiration
10. expire
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corporal
corps
pedigree
pedometer
impede
manipulate
emancipate
respiration
conspire
spiritual
Challenge
corpuscle
impediment
manacle
manipulative
conspirator
Lesson 27
Prefixes anti-, inter-,
intra-, pro1. antisocial
2. antiseptic
3. antibiotic
4. intermediate
5. international
6. interfere
7. promote
8. progress
9. intramural
10. intrastate
Lesson 28
Vowels in Unstressed
Syllables
1. hesitate
2. memorable
3. finally
4. investigate
5. usually
6. discipline
7. evidence
8. accuracy
9. article
10. miracle
Lesson 29
Using Just Enough
Letters
1. existence
2. regardless
3. refrigerator
4. exercise
5. allergic
6. awkward
7. scientist
8. drowned
9. assembly
10. especially
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antifreeze
antidote
antibody
intervene
intersection
intercept
prologue
profound
proclaim
intravenous
Challenge
antihistamine
interdisciplinary
interchangeable
intramuscular
proclamation
irritate
ambulance
magnificent
extravagant
telethon
aggravate
marathon
gullible
versatile
inevitable
Challenge
belligerent
contemporary
jeopardize
predicament
justification
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mischievous
pastime
remembrance
presidency
disastrous
hindrance
monstrous
motocross
grievous
tuxedo
Challenge
ambidextrous
instinctive
rambunctious
colossal
prestige
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Lesson 31
Including All the
Letters
1. adjourn
2. comparable
3. peculiar
4. beginning
5. alcohol
6. overrated
7. arctic
8. something
9. veterinarian
10. clothes
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acquaintance
extraordinary
conscience
susceptible
respiratory
disintegrate
sophomore
basically
liberal
rendezvous
Challenge
paraphernalia
vaudeville
undoubtedly
chrysanthemum
grammatically
Grade 8
Lesson 32
Latin Roots 3
1. advertisement
2. convert
3. introvert
4. disposable
5. imposing
6. advent
7. prevention
8. eventually
9. satisfaction
10. artifact
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extrovert
controversy
diversion
decompose
proposal
conventional
circumvent
benefactor
faction
facilitate
Challenge
incontrovertible
vice versa
predisposition
intervention
facsimile
Lesson 33
Prefixes ab-, ad-, co-,
com-, con1. abolish
2. abnormal
3. advantage
4. addition
5. cooperate
6. coexist
7. compete
8. compound
9. community
10. concert
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Lesson 34
Related Words 3
1. publish
2. publication
3. prescribe
4. prescription
5. consume
6. consumption
7. conclude
8. conclusion
9. substance
10. substantial
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abbreviate
absorb
abduct
adjacent
adhesive
coordination
cohesive
confession
complicate
conservation
suspend
suspension
persuade
persuasion
provoke
provocative
influence
influential
omit
omission
Challenge
presume
presumption
reprehend
reprehensible
circumstance
circumstantial
Challenge
abrasive
adversity
coeducational
commendation
condemnation
6
Lesson 35
Words from Many
Cultures 2
1. kayak
2. admiral
3. anchor
4. kimono
5. pajamas
6. poncho
7. indigo
8. cafeteria
9. mattress
10. estate
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catamaran
gondola
gingham
suede
sequin
khaki
bungalow
pueblo
bureau
yacht
Challenge
marimba
maraca
accordion
castanet
timpani