Word List
WORDLY WISE 3OOO
®
3rd Edition
Direct Academic Vocabulary Instruction
Grades K–12
RTI
Book 8
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Book 8 Word List
(Numbers in parentheses refer to the lesson in which the word appears.)
abet (9)
abhor (4)
abject (10)
abrasion (2)
accede (12)
accord (17)
adept (8)
advocate (10)
affable (4)
affirm (17)
affluent (12)
agile (9)
alienate (20)
alleviate (16)
allot(9)
amiss (4)
anarchy (6)
anonymous (3)
anthology (3)
antidote (16)
aperture (18)
apprehend (6)
arbitrary (12)
ardent (13)
arraign (6)
artisan (12)
ascertain (15)
assimilate (6)
assail (13)
asset (13)
atrocity (10)
audacious (5)
audible (8)
augment (11)
avid (1)
azure (8)
balmy (9)
banter (8)
barter (13)
bedlam (16)
benign (11)
bequeath (17)
bizarre (6)
bonanza (13)
brusque (1)
bulwark (19)
cache (18)
cajole (16)
calamity (6)
capacious (8)
chastise (15)
citadel (17)
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clad (2)
claustrophobia (7)
colleague (7)
combustible (18)
commemorate (10)
concise (1)
condescend (7)
confer (17)
confiscate (5)
congenial (14)
congregate (9)
conjecture (3)
connoisseur (11)
conscientious (5)
conspire (6)
contagious (13)
contemplate (13)
contingent (7)
copious (8)
corroborate (2)
coup (17)
crucial (8)
cull (15)
culminate (19)
cursory (2)
daunt (7)
decelerate (8)
decipher (14)
defer (15)
dehydrate (2)
delegate (18)
deluge (7)
demean (1)
depict (5)
deploy (8)
derive (2)
desist (15)
despicable (1)
despondent (4)
deter (13)
dialect (10)
dignitary (17)
dire (10)
discern (11)
discredit (15)
dismantle (12)
dispel (7)
disposition (3)
dissect (14)
dissension (6)
divert (9)
dub (7)
elapse (6)
electrify (2)
elite (10)
embark (5)
embellish (11)
embroil (17)
emulate (1)
encompass (3)
encroach (15)
endeavor (2)
engulf (19)
enhance (10)
enigma (14)
entreat (4)
epoch (17)
evoke (1)
excruciating (1)
execute (11)
exemplify (11)
extricate (3)
facilitate (8)
fanfare (7)
fastidious (8)
feasible (19)
fervent (20)
fitful (8)
flagrant (10)
flair (13)
fledgling (7)
forbearance (20)
foreboding (15)
forfeit (13)
generation (3)
gingerly (2)
glib (16)
glut (19)
grapple (8)
grimace (2)
grotesque (11)
gruesome (2)
guile (3)
gullible (20)
haggard (16)
hallowed (11)
haunt (4)
havoc (19)
hindrance (20)
humane (15)
humdrum (9)
immaculate (16)
immerse (12)
imminent (6)
impeccable (17)
impel (4)
imperative (3)
impersonate (11)
impregnable (19)
inane (7)
inaugurate (1)
incessant (16)
inclement (18)
indefatigable (19)
indelible (18)
indulgent (16)
ineffectual (14)
infallible (14)
inflammatory (20)
influx (9)
inkling (5)
innovation (13)
instill (3)
institute (17)
interminable (4)
interrogate (6)
intricate (9)
inventory (2)
irascible (4)
irksome (12)
irrational (15)
irrepressible (14)
lackadaisical (5)
languish (10)
legacy (12)
lionize (6)
loll (16)
luminous (14)
lurid (15)
malady (18)
mania (13)
malevolent (11)
memento (9)
memoir (18)
meticulous (6)
mettle (7)
millennium (14)
mire (14)
modify (3)
mute (10)
mutiny (5)
negligible (7)
onslaught (19)
ordain (20)
ornate (11)
ostentatious (12)
ovation (20)
overt (20)
pang (8)
panorama (12)
paramount (18)
pastoral (11)
patriarch (17)
perpetuate (15)
pervade (1)
pestilence (14)
phenomenon (19)
philanthropy (12)
picturesque (19)
pilfer (5)
pittance (16)
pivot (3)
precarious (11)
precede (8)
prestige (12)
prevalent (3)
profound (4)
profusion (5)
prolific (12)
proprietor (1)
protract (7)
prudent (5)
pseudonym (1)
pungent (16)
query (9)
rankle (5)
rapport (17)
raze (10)
rebuff (1)
rebuke (5)
recant (20)
recluse (4)
rectify (18)
recur (3)
rejoinder (20)
renounce (17)
renown (11)
replica (7)
reprisal (10)
reproach (20)
requisite (18)
resilient (1)
restive (15)
reticent (12)
reverberate (4)
rhetoric (17)
rue (16)
sage (4)
serene (5)
servile (20)
shackle (6)
simulate (2)
simultaneous (19)
slovenly (5)
spontaneous (3)
sporadic (9)
squeamish (18)
stagnate (14)
stamina (15)
staple (9)
stipulate (19)
strident (16)
stymie (13)
sublime (14)
succumb (2)
surmise (2)
surpass (20)
surveillance (15)
susceptible (19)
swelter (6)
synonymous (13)
tirade (4)
tract (18)
tremulous (4)
tribulation (18)
tumult (9)
turbulent (1)
turmoil (10)
tycoon (12)
unseemly (9)
vehement (16)
vie (14)
vignette (18)
vilify (20)
voluminous (14)
wrangle (13)
wreak (10)
wrest (19)
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