`8th grade Spelling Lists 1 - 32
Lesson # 1: Short Vowel Sounds
hamper
impulsive
optimism
accomplice
dispense
mustache
literal
valid
criminal
enhance
astronomical
budget
emphasis
fragment
monstrosity
Lesson # 2: Long Vowel Spellings
sustain
overblown
feasible
encroach
disagreeable
mutually
dehydrated
butte
gyrate
euphonium
futile
motivate
notable
ordeal
thrive
Lesson # 3: Double Consonants
eccentric
questionnaire
accommodate
appalling
vaccinate
apparently
exaggerate
embarrass
recommend
boycott
attend
occasion
attitude
successor
dilemma
warranty
necessary
withhold
Lesson #4: Silent Consonants
debut
descend
psychology
subtle
adjourn
acknowledgment
acquaintance
knoll
mortgage
pneumonia
acquittal
ascending
pneumatic
psychiatrist
subtlety
Lesson #5: Spelling the /o/ Sound
falter
thoughtlessness
awkward
distraught
tawny
haughty
automation
discord
fraudulent
endorsed
auditory
hydraulic
default
lawyer
forethought
remorse
fraught
tawdry
glorify
wrought
Lesson #6: Spelling the Schwa Sound
tangible
anonymous
contemporary
inspector
perforate
superficial
admirable
colossal
manager
saturate
astonish
proposal
bias
resolute
dilapidated
settle
dismantle
tumult
personify
urban
Lesson # 7: Spelling the “Seed” Sound
exceedingly
accede
succeeded
antecedent
proceeding
concede
procedure
intercede
receding
supersedes
cede
preceding
proceeds
succeeding
superseded
Lesson #8: Words with ie and ei
deceive
sovereignty
grievance
forfeiture
menagerie
leisure
premier
beige
species
feigned
achievement
perceive
conceited
protein
counterfeit
unwieldy
heirloom
veil
Lesson #9: Doubling the Final Consonant
controller
transmitter
propellant
deterred
commitment
regrettable
occurrence
regretful
dispelling
committed
excelling
forbidden
propeller
traveling
unforgettable
Lesson #10: Dropping the Final Silent e
confidence
senator
imposing
juicy
intriguing
comparably
legislator
doubly
menacing
wholly
amply
endurable
intervening
liberator
enhanced
provident
secluded
thriving
Lesson # 11: Keeping the Final Silent e
endorsement
advantageous
incitement
replaceable
remorseful
foreseeable
remorseless
canoeist
judgment
decreeing
courageous
entirely
guaranteeing
manageable
purposeful
tiptoeing
Lesson # 12: The Final y
prepayment
anthologies
defiant
glorifying
verifiable
essayist
employer
novelties
jeopardize
clarifying
deployment
pettily
strategies
electrifying
pleasantries
undeniable
Lesson # 13: The Suffixes – ise, - ize, and -yze
improvise
enterprise
monopolize
apologize
paralyze
scrutinize
televise
emphasize
categorize
compromise
authorize
chastise
harmonize
despise
pulverize
franchise
sympathize
hydrolyze
Lesson # 14: The Suffixes –ary and -ory
sensory
revolutionary
satisfactory
elementary
customary
introductory
mandatory
complementary
literary
exploratory
compulsory
exemplary
hereditary
primary
transitory
Lesson #15: The Suffix –ion
provision
erosion
possession
diction
deduction
revelation
aspiration
occupation
omission
secession
admission
accommodations
calculation
exertion
petition
Lesson # 16: The Suffix -ous
harmonious
fictitious
pious
ingenious
miscellaneous
gracious
boisterous
contagious
valorous
hilarious
atrocious
ferocious
laborious
spacious
tenacious
uproarious
Lesson # 17: The Suffixes –ible and -able
indelible
charitable
intelligible
durable
accessible
hospitable
inflexible
inevitable
eligible
invariable
agreeable
liable
disposable
peaceable
incomparable
permissible
interchangeable
probable
knowledgeable
responsible
Lesson # 18: Adding Prefixes
adjoined
adept
misdeed
extensive
evacuate
intolerance
misspelling
insolvable
disappearance
emigrate
adjacent
emit
advent
infuriate
disappoint
ineffective
distraction
misjudge
Lesson # 19 – Assimilated Prefixes
irrational
accountant
assumption
illogical
immense
immigrate
affirm
approval
attested
aggressive
allude
illiterate
announce
imply
assimilate
irreverence
attracted
irrigate
Lesson # 20 – The Prefixes sub- and super-
substantial
succumb
superlative
suspended
summon
supplicant
superficially
survey
sufficient
surmount
submit
suffocate
supplant
supplement
surrender
Lesson # 21: The Latin Word Roots duc and port
conductor
subdue
deduct
comport
induce
transportation
productive
supportive
reducible
portable
conducive
conduit
deduce
viaduct
portfolio
deportation
Lesson # 22: The Latin Word Roots mort and vit/viv
mortality
revive
mortify
survival
immortalize
convivial
vital
vivacious
vitality
vivacity
mortally
mortician
conviviality
revitalize
vitamin
Lesson # 23: The Latin Word Roots bene and mal
maladjustment
benefits
malicious
beneficial
malfunctioning
benefactor
malady
benevolent
malnourished
benediction
beneficent
beneficiary
maleficent
malignant
malodorous
malpractice
Lesson # 24: Words Often Confused
alluding
eluding
ascent
assent
eminent
imminent
epic
epoch
sight
site
metal
mettle
descent
dissent
chord
cord
bazaar
bizarre
Lesson # 25: Plurals of Nouns Ending in a Consonant + o
embargoes
dynamos
mementos
crescendos
virtuosos
ghettos
commandos
memos
placebos
fiascos
volcanos
tornados
frescos
porticos
staccatos
sopranos
Lesson # 26: Plurals of Nouns Ending in a Vowel + o
barrios
cameos
folios
duos
pistachios
embryos
ratios
bamboos
scenarios
tattoos
adagios
arpeggios
impresarios
intaglios
oratorios
Lesson # 27: Plurals of Nouns Ending in s, ch, sh, x and z
witnesses
dispatches
fortresses
monarchs
wildernesses
sphinxes
backlashes
paradoxes
skirmishes
blitzes
abysses
blunderbusses
hoaxes
patriarchs
reproaches
Lesson # 28: Plurals of Nouns Ending in f and fe
gulfs
knives
shelves
takeoffs
beliefs
proofs
wolves
scarves
motifs
sheaves
cliffs
skiffs
lift-offs
spin-offs
tariffs
reefs
reliefs
spoofs
lives
halves
Lesson # 29: Unusual Plurals
stimulus
stimuli
antenna
antennae
memorandum
memoranda
phenomenon
phenomena
hypothesis
hypotheses
analysis
analyses
curriculum
curricula
diagnosis
diagnoses
medium
media
vortex
vortices
Lesson # 30: Spelling Possessive Forms
discovery’s
discoveries’
helix’s
helices’
radius’s
radii’s
alumna’s
alumnae’s
yours
theirs
ours
its
women’s
showoff’s
comedians’
Lesson # 31: Spelling Compound Words
halfhearted
ex-president
peacekeeping
matter-of-fact
full-blown
secretary-general
all-terrain
best-seller
self-confidence
all right
foolhardy
full-time
outer space
well-being
well-to-do
Lesson # 32: Words Easily Misspelled
persistent
recuperate
braggart
detached
negligent
articulate
mystical
myriad
artisan
imperative
familiar
minuscule
obnoxious
optimism
sarcasm
sherbet