Vocabulary List 21 8th grade

noxious

• adj. harmful to health

• adj. beneficial to living things

• adj. destructive to living things

• adj. neutral in effect

cumbersome

• adj. easy to manage and lightweight

• adj. hard to manage because of heaviness or bulk

• adj. small and compact

• adj. quick and efficient

disheveled

• adj. characterized by disorder and untidiness

• adj. neat and orderly

• adj. bright and cheerful

• adj. calm and composed

insolent

• adj. brazenly offensive or impolite

• adj. excessively polite and respectful

• adj. showing great humility

• adj. lacking in confidence

mirage

• n. a type of optical illusion

• n. a type of weather phenomenon

• n. a type of desert plant

• n. a type of ancient artifact

perceptible

• adj. noticeable by the senses

• adj. difficult to understand

• adj. easily forgotten

• adj. completely invisible

oblivious

• adj. aware and attentive

• adj. unaware; not conscious of

• adj. knowledgeable and informed

• adj. confused and disoriented

hysteria

• n. a state of calm and relaxation

• n. strong, uncontrollable, and usually fearful emotion

• n. a feeling of extreme happiness

• n. a condition of being overly excited

palatial

• adj. befitting a palace

• adj. small and cramped

• adj. modern and sleek

• adj. old and dilapidated

mortgage

• n. a loan for buying property

• n. a type of insurance

• n. a government tax

• n. a rental agreement