The 8th Grade Vocabulary Notebook Check Test

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Define: Viridescent

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Greenish or becoming green.

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Define: Athwart

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Across; in a direction that is perpendicular to something else, diagonal.

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Define: Oxfordian

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Oxfordian refers to the theory that Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, authored Shakespeare's works.

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Define: Octothorp

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The symbol '#' is called an Octothorp.

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Define: Barcarolle

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A barcarolle is a type of song sung by boatmen, in Venice, Italy.

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Define: Vocabulary Notebook

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A notebook used to record new words and their meanings.

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Define: Context Clue

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Hints or information within a text that help deduce the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

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Define: Synonym

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

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Define: Antonym

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A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

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Define: Homonym

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A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning.