8 TH

GRADE ENGLISH

VOCABULARY
LIST #1
BARREN
• (adj.) not productive, bare

• Example: In contrast to the rich land we left behind, the

plains appeared to be a _____________barren
landscape.
• SYNONYMS: unproductive, sterile, desolate
• ANTONYMS: fertile, productive, fruitful
DISRUPT
• (v.) to break up, disturb

• Example: Even the loud demonstration on the street

below was not enough to _______________ the
meeting.
• SYNONYMS: upset, displace, disorder
• ANTONYMS: organize, arrange
GERMINATE
• (v.) to begin to grow

• Example: After he interrogated the suspect, suspicion

began to __________ in the inspector’s mind.

• SYNONYMS: sprout, shoot up, grow

ANTONYMS: wither, die, shrivel up
RENOVATE
• (v.) to repair, restore to good condition,
make new again

• Example: The young couple brought in an architect and a

contractor to help them ________the old house.

• SYNONYMS: repair, fix up, recondition

TRUCE
• (n.) a pause in fighting, temporary peace
• Example: After tense negotiations, the warring nations
reluctantly agreed to a five-day _______.

• SYNONYMS: cease-fire, armistice

• ANTONYMS: war, warfare, fighting
VICIOUS
• (adj.) evil, bad; spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly
disposition; painfully severe or extreme
• Example: The _________rumor was damaging to their
friendship.
• SYNONYMS: wicked, malicious, savage
• ANTONYMS: good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless
TRICKLE
• (v.) to flow or fall by drops or in a small
stream; (n.) a small, irregular quantity
of anything
• Example: The water began to ________trickle from the rusty old
pipe.

• SYNONYMS: (v.) dribble, drizzle, drip (n.) small amount

• ANTONYMS: (v.) gush, pour, flood (n.) deluge