Grade 8 Vocabulary Lesson 8

adj. 1. dark and gloomy.  syn:  dim; shadowy
(ant: obscured)
2. cloudy; unclear syn: obscured
(ant: clear)

• innumerable
• murky
• scrupulous
• eloquent

n. a final demand or threat 

• specter
• phoenix
• ordeal
• ultimatum

v. to strike with a club    syn:  beat, club
n. a short, heavy club with one end heavier than the other   syn: cudgel; mace

• rebuff
• phoenix
• bludgeon
• volition

n. 1. the forwardmost units of an advancing army. 
2. any group leading a new trend in a certain field
syn: pioneer

• phoenix
• specter
• vanguard
• bludgeon

n. a painful or difficult experience
syn: trial; tribulation
(syn: cinch; cakewalk)

• ordeal
• phoenix
• textile
• ultimatum

n. a lack of interest or emotion
syn: indifference; lassitude
(ant: concern; fascination)

• apathy
• forlorn
• murky
• cursory

adj. too numerous to be counted
syn: countless; immeasurable
(ant: few; little)

• murky
• cursory
• innumerable
• scrupulous

n. a bird of Egyptian mythology that periodically burned itself up and then rose from the ashes  with renewed youth and vigor
2. a person or thing of unmatched quality
syn: paragon; epitome

• ordeal
• ultimatum
• vanguard
• phoenix

v. to refuse bluntly  syn: snub; slight
(ant: accept; consent)
n. a blunt refusal
syn: rejection; denial
(ant: concurrence; acceptance)

• bludgeon
• textile
• diminution
• rebuff

adj.  wretched, hopeless, and pitiful
syn: miserable; unhappy
(ant: few; little)

• cursory
• eloquent
• forlorn
• textile