8th Grade Unit 2 Vocabulary

The state of being away from a place or person

• Absence

• Abstain

• Aberration

• Abrupt

To restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something

• Abstain

• Aberration

• Abrupt

• Credible

A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome

• Aberration

• Abrupt

• Credible

• Incredulous

Sudden and unexpected; brief to the point of rudeness; curt

• Abrupt

• Credible

• Incredulous

• Credentials

Able to be believed; convincing

• Credible

• Incredulous

• Credentials

• Brevity

Unwilling or unable to believe something

• Incredulous

• Credentials

• Brevity

• Copious

A qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect of a person's background, used to prove their worth at a job

• Credentials

• Brevity

• Copious

• Detract

Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

• Brevity

• Copious

• Detract

• Absence

Abundant in supply or quantity

• Copious

• Detract

• Absence

• Abstain

To diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)

• Detract

• Absence

• Abstain

• Aberration