7th and 8th Grade Words 6

BEGINNING WORDS

abet
ablution
abundance
academe
acquire
adequate
adjudicate
advertise
advisable
aerial
affront
aggrieved
agnostic
akimbo
aleatory
alimentary
altercation
amerce
annihilate
annoyance
antic
apparent
arras
arthritis
artifice
assiduous
attendance
authoritarian
bandalore
bantam
barbarous
barrister
beacon
befuddle
beguile
beret
biennial
blight
bombastic
bosky
bountiful
bouquet
breadth
brilliant
bungalow
cabal
cadaverous
captivate
caricature
carnage
carriage
cartography
castigate
category
cavalry
cavil
cemetery
chancellor
changeable
circuitous
circumlocution
clamor
climactic
cloying
cogent
comestible
commemorate
commiseration
comparative
compatible
compel
compliant
concentric
concise
condescending
condiment
confidant
conflagration
conscience
consign
consistent
consolidate
consternation
contemplate
continually
continuous
corona
countenance
courageous
courteous
courtesies
cozen
cresset
crochet
crystallized
cuspate
debilitate
deceive
decorum
decrepit
default
deferential
definitely
defoliate
delectable
deodorize
deplete
deprecate
deprecating
depreciating
derision
desist
desperate
despondent
deter
detrimental
devastate
devoid
diffidence
dilapidated
dilatory
diligent
diminutive
disconsolate
discountenance
disparage
dissevered
dissimulate
dissipate
dissonant
dither
divagate
docile
doleful
downtrodden
duplicity
earthenware
eclectic
eclipse
ecstatic
efface
efficiency
effrontery
effusion
egocentric
egress
elapse
elegy
elicited
eliminate
emancipate
embarrassment
emulous
encyclopedic
energize
enigmatic
enjoin
enthrall
enunciate
epicure
erratic
especially
espressos
examine
exemplary
existence
exorbitant
expedite
expurgate
extenuating
extradite
extrinsic
fabricate
fallacious
fastidious
fatalism
fatigue
feasible
feckless
felicitous
feudal
fiasco
fictitious
filial
finicky
flippancy
flourish
fluctuation
fluster
forbearance
forcibly
fragrance
frolicking
fruition
fulminate
furl
gadfly
galvanize
gibbet
grandeur
granulate
grievous
habiliments
hallucination
harassment
hearth
heiress
herald
hinder
hubbub
humility
humorous
hurdle
hybrid
hypothesis
hypothesize
icicle
illegitimate
imbecility
imbibe
immediately
impeach
importune
imprecate
impudence
incidental
influence
infringe
innocence
insolvency
insurance
integrity
interim
invective
irresistible
jargon
kindle
laboratory
lacquer
laggard
languish
lassitude
levity
likelihood
limber
liquidate
livelihood
longevity
loveliness
mackerel
malediction
matinee
matricide
mediate
meditate
mendicant
metaphysics
metropolis
minimum
misadventure
misapprehension
modulation
mollify
moodiness
morale
mortgage
mountainous
multiplicity
myriad
nebulous
negate
neutralize
nonentity
nosegay
noticeable
obedience
occurrence
oligarchy
opportune
ordinance
ordnance
pandemic
panicky
panorama
parlance
parley
patrician
peaceable
pedantic
perceive
perception
perjury
permanence
permissible
pernicious
personification
personnel
persuasion
perturb
philistine
pigeon
pilgrimage
piteous
plethora
postern
posthumous
precedent
predatory
preference
premonition
presence
prevalence
probity
prodigious
prolific
prominence
promptness
pronounce
propitiate
proponent
propulsive
proscribe
prostrate
protocol
protract
provender
provident
provocation
pulverize
putrefy
pyromaniac
quadruped
quandary
querulous
quizzical
radical
ramification
rampant
rarefied
rationalize
raucous
ravage
ravening
recant
recommend
recrimination
redundant
refractory
regrettable
rehabilitate
reimburse
rejuvenate
relevance
relieve
relinquish
remiss
repentance
repetition
reprehensible
representative
repudiate
repugnance
requite
restitution
reticule
retrograde
retrospective
reverberated
reverie
ribald
ricochet
rife
righteous
rigor
sadistic
salience
scholarly
scrupulous
scrutinize
semblance
separately
serpentine
shellacker
siege
significance
skedaddle
sluggard
sobriety
spasmodic
sportive
spurious
squalor
subversive
successful
suckered
supersede
suppress
surmise
surveillance
suspense
sylvan
synthetic
syringe
tantamount
technical
tenement
tetanus
thespian
thieves
toothsome
trite
trivia
troubleshooting
twelfth
tyro
ulterior
unassailable
unimpeachable
unmitigated
unwieldy
uproarious
vainglorious
valiant
validate
variance
vehement
veneer
vengeance
venturous
veracious
versatile
vicarious
vicinity
vigilance
vindicate
vindictive
vulpine
waive
warble
wield
wince
winsome
woe
wolfish
wretched
yacht
zealot
zenith

INTERMEDIATE WORDS

abdominal
aberration
abhorred
abyss
accommodate
acquaintance
actuary
adherent
administrator
adulation
adulterate
advantageously
agglomerate
agglomeration
aggravate
aggregate
aggressive
algesia
alluvial
amateur
ambivalence
ambrosial
ameliorate
amethyst
anodyne
apothecary
apparatus
appropriate
approximately
appurtenance
aquiline
arboretum
archipelago
armistice
arraignment
ascertain
assassination
astringent
auxiliary
awry
azimuth
barbiturate
bawdy
beatitude
beauteous
behemoth
beleaguer
beneficiary
betwixt
bibelot
bibliopole
bissextile
blandishment
blasphemous
blasphemy
bludgeon
boisterous
brusquely
buccaneer
bucolic
bulbous
bureau
burgeon
burlesque
cafeteria
cajolery
calumny
carafe
carcinogenic
catacomb
catalyst
causerie
cauterize
cavalcade
cavalier
celerity
centrifugal
cessation
chagrin
chamois
cherub
chiropodist
churlish
clairvoyant
clandestine
claustrophobia
cologne
commandant
commensurate
competent
complacency
comprehension
conceivable
conciliatory
confectioneries
configuration
congeries
connubial
conscientious
consequence
conservatory
conspirator
construe
consummation
contagious
contemptible
contemptuous
convenience
conversant
corduroy
cornucopia
correspondence
corroborate
cryptographer
debutante
decussate
delinquent
dentifrice
deracinate
dexterity
diatribe
dilemma
disappearance
disappointment
discomfiture
discretionary
disheveled
dispensable
disputatious
donnybrook
douse
dreadnought
drudgery
ebullient
ecstasy
effervesce
efficacious
efficaciously
effigy
emissary
emolument
emphasis
emphysema
encouragement
encumbrance
entomology
entrepreneur
espresso
eugenics
euphemism
evanescent
exceptional
excise
exiguous
extravagance
exult
facetious
facetiously
facilitate
factious
fascinate
feign
fiat
financier
finesse
firmament
flaccid
flagellate
fledgling
flexuous
flotilla
flotsam
fluvial
gargantuan
garrulous
gazetteer
gelatinous
gesticulation
gladiolus
gourmand
gregarious
grievance
gumption
guttural
halcyon
harangue
harlequin
hermitage
heterogeneous
hiatus
hierarchy
hieroglyphics
hindrance
histrionic
hobgoblin
homily
homogeneous
hygiene
hypochondriac
hypocrisy
ignominious
imperturbability
imperturbable
incandescent
incarnadine
inconsequential
incontrovertible
incorrigible
indefatigable
indemnify
indictment
ineluctably
ingenuous
inhospitable
inimical
innuendoes
insatiable
insignificance
intellectual
intelligentsia
interference
iridescence
irreconcilable
isothermal
isthmus
jaundice
jeopardy
jocular
jocund
joule
jubilation
judiciary
junta
juvenilia
juxtapose
katabatic
kindergarten
knavery
knoll
lacerate
lapideous
larceny
larithmics
lecherous
legislative
leviathan
lexicographer
libelous
libidinous
libretto
lieutenancy
limn
litotes
loquacious
lucre
lugubrious
lupine
macabre
macaque
magniloquent
maintenance
malapropism
maleficent
malingerer
maneuver
marionette
masquerade
massacre
mawkish
meandrous
mediocre
mellifluous
merchantable
mercurial
meringue
milieu
millennium
millinery
millionaire
misanthropic
mischievous
mistral
modification
monotheism
mountebank
multilingual
necessary
necessitate
nefarious
negligence
neophyte
nether
nicety
nonchalance
nonchalantly
nostalgia
notoriety
notorious
nubilous
obfuscate
obliquity
obsequious
obviate
occidental
occlude
octogenarian
oculist
odoriferous
ogle
oracular
oratorio
oscillate
oscillatory
pageantry
panache
pandemonium
parachutist
parallax
parliament
parsimonious
patriarch
peccadillo
peculate
pedagogue
peremptory
peristalsis
perquisites
perseverance
perspicacious
perspicuity
petulant
phalanx
phenomenon
philanthropy
physician
picayune
picnicker
piquant
piscatorial
plaquette
plutocracy
pluviosity
podiatrist
poignant
polygamist
polyglot
polyhedron
portentous
potentate
pragmatic
precedential
precocious
predilection
predominance
preponderate
prevaricate
pristine
privilege
promulgate
pronunciation
propagate
propinquity
prosaic
prospectus
prurient
puissant
punctilious
puritanical
purveyor
pusillanimous
quagga
qualms
quarantine
quiescent
quintessence
quixotic
quotidian
ragamuffin
ramshackle
rapacious
ratiocination
recalcitrant
recapitulate
recompense
reconnoiter
remembrance
remonstrate
remunerative
renaissance
rendezvous
repartee
requiem
rescind
reservoir
resilience
resplendent
restaurant
resurrection
resuscitate
rhetoric
rhubarb
rhythm
ridiculous
rigmarole
rubicund
rudimentary
sanctimonious
satiated
secession
seditious
seismic
senescence
sententious
serendipity
shuriken
sidereal
simulacrum
simultaneously
sinuous
sirocco
slalom
sojourn
solecism
soliloquy
sophomore
souvenirs
spatial
specimen
splenetic
squalid
stagnation
statistician
stentorian
stigmatize
stipend
stratagem
stultifying
substantiate
succulent
suffragette
superannuated
supercilious
superfluity
surcease
surreptitious
surreptitiously
sycophantic
syllogize
sympathy
symphonious
synchronous
tableau
taciturn
tactile
tautological
tautology
temerity
temperament
toque
tournament
transience
travail
treacherous
trepidation
tribulation
turpitude
undulate
usury
utilitarian
uxorious
vacuum
variegated
velleity
vellum
vermiculate
vicissitude
vicissitudes
virulent
vituperate
waif
whimsical
wizened
wraith
wrest
xenophobia
zucchini

ADVANCED WORDS

abecedarian
abscond
accipitrine
acedia
acicular
acquiesce
aerostatics
ailurophile
ambidextrous
amphibology
amphigouri
anamnesis
anaptyxis
angiography
angwantibo
animadversion
anserine
antediluvian
aposiopesis
apotheosize
apotropaic
arriviste
asceticism
asseverate
autochthon
baccalaureate
bacchanalian
bathysiderodromophobia
blatherskite
boustrophedon
braggadocio
bureaucracy
cachinnate
camaraderie
campanologist
catarrhal
chartreuse
chauffeur
chrestomathy
cirrhosis
clepsydra
coalesce
cochleariform
coelostat
concinnity
condign
connoisseur
contretemps
contumacious
crotchety
crustaceous
curmudgeon
daguerreotype
delicatessen
diaphanous
diphtheria
diphthong
diurnal
doctrinaire
dyspeptic
eczema
elysian
ennui
equilibrium
equipoise
esurient
excelsior
extemporaneous
floccinaucinihilipilification
foofaraw
formaldehyde
fricassee
fuchsias
gneiss
grandiloquent
hemorrhage
hircine
hymeneal
idiosyncrasy
imbroglio
inchoate
infinitesimal
insouciant
instantaneous
intransigence
inveigh
inveigle
irascible
jejune
jingoism
juggernaut
jurisprudence
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopic
kibitz
kitsch
klipspringer
labyrinthine
lachrymose
lagniappe
legerdemain
lepidopterist
lieu
mahout
marquee
masochist
maxillae
maxixe
menagerie
meretricious
microhmmeter
minutiae
miscellaneous
monadnock
myrmidon
nonpareil
numismatist
obloquy
obstreperous
odyssey
oersted
oophagous
opalescence
ophthalmologist
opprobrious
otorhinolaryngology
oxydactyl
paean
panegyric
paranoia
paraphernalia
paroxysm
penumbra
phlegmatic
picaresque
pizzicato
plagiarize
pneumonia
poliomyelitis
presumptuous
proboscis
procrustean
prognosticator
promiscuous
pseudonym
psittacine
pyrexia
quaquaversal
questionnaire
quincunx
quokka
ratatouille
reconnaissance
rejuvenescence
rheumatism
rheumy
rhinorrhagia
risque
rondeau
saccharine
sacrilegious
sacrosanct
sangfroid
saponaceous
sarcophagus
scaphoid
schottische
scintillate
sebaceous
shibboleth
silhouette
solfatara
solipsism
solstitial
somnambulance
somnolent
sorghum
spontaneous
stereotyping
sthene
strenuous
suavity
subaltern
subaqueous
subservient
subterfuge
subterranean
subtleties
succored
supposititious
syllabication
symmetrical
synecdoche
syzygy
terpsichorean
therapeutic
threnody
tympanum
ubiquitous
unction
valetudinarian
verisimilitude
villanelle
vinaigrette
vintner
viscid
vitriolic
voluptuous
watteau
yeomanry
zeitgeist
zephyr

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