Vocab (Words all 8th graders should know) List 1

become less in amount or intensity

• abate

• assimilate

• longevity

• render

become like one's environment

• assimilate

• condede

• flourish

• erratic

admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly

• tarry

• dissipate

• concede

• subordinate

go away, scatter, or disappear

• rueful

• transgression

• impulsive

• dissipate

liable to sudden unpredictable change

• flourish

• erratic

• longevity

• obstruct

a showy gesture

• erratic

• malleable

• abate

• flourish

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought

• impulsive

• rueful

• tarry

• transgression

the property of having lived for a considerable time

• render

• subordinate

• longevity

• abate

capable of being shaped or bent

• impulsive

• malleable

• concede

• obstruct

capable of being shaped or bent

• render

• assimilate

• malleable

• tarry