8TH GRADE ENGLISH

VOCABULARY LIST #1

BARREN • (adj.) not productive, bare

• Example: In contrast to the rich land we left behind, the plains appeared to be a _____________barren landscape.

• SYNONYMS: unproductive, sterile, desolate

• ANTONYMS: fertile, productive, fruitful

DISRUPT • (v.) to break up, disturb

• Example: Even the loud demonstration on the street below was not enough to _______________ the meeting.

• SYNONYMS: upset, displace, disorder

• ANTONYMS: organize, arrange

GERMINATE • (v.) to begin to grow

• Example: After he interrogated the suspect, suspicion began to __________ in the inspector’s mind.

• SYNONYMS: sprout, shoot up, growANTONYMS: wither, die, shrivel up

RENOVATE • (v.) to repair, restore to good condition,

make new again

• Example: The young couple brought in an architect and a contractor to help them ________the old house.

• SYNONYMS: repair, fix up, recondition

TRUCE • (n.) a pause in fighting, temporary peace

• Example: After tense negotiations, the warring nations reluctantly agreed to a five-day _______.

• SYNONYMS: cease-fire, armistice

• ANTONYMS: war, warfare, fighting

VICIOUS • (adj.) evil, bad; spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly

disposition; painfully severe or extreme

• Example: The _________rumor was damaging to their friendship.

• SYNONYMS: wicked, malicious, savage

• ANTONYMS: good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless

TRICKLE• (v.) to flow or fall by drops or in a small

stream; (n.) a small, irregular quantity

of anything

• Example: The water began to ________trickle from the rusty old pipe.

• SYNONYMS: (v.) dribble, drizzle, drip (n.) small amount

• ANTONYMS: (v.) gush, pour, flood (n.) deluge