8th Grade Vocabulary Midterm Review

an area of authority or control

• addedum

• intrigue

• apparition

• jurisdiction

The process of getting rid of something or someone decisively

• purge

• premonition

• scapegoat

• defect

humorous, not meant seriously

• volatile

• inaudible

• plausible

• facetious

distant, cold, standoffish

• aloof

• forthright

• articulate

• resolute

to stir up

• vie

• allot

• perturb

• instigate

to wave or flutter showily

• articulate

• flaunt

• rehabilitate

• purge

changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state; to change rapidly and unpredictably

• ethical

• ample

• plebeian

• volatile

a person or thing carrying the blame for others

• premonition

• finesse

• purge

• scapegoat

shocked, horrified

• facetious

• aghast

• ethical

• plausible

embarrassed or ashamed

• aloof

• retentive

• abashed

• genial