The 8th Grade Vocabulary Notebook Check Test

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Define: Logy

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Logy is a synonym for lazy.

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Define: Lunate

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Lunate refers to something that is crescent-shaped, particularly the crescent of a moon shape.

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Define: Urbane

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Urbane means suave, courteous, and refined in manner.

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Define: Epochal

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Epochal means significant or momentous, marking a new era.

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Define: Truism

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A truism is a self-evident or obvious truth.

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Define: Synonym

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

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Define: Antonym

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An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

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Define: Metaphor

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Define: Simile

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Define: Alliteration

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.