Grade 8 – Vocabulary – Unit 2: Communication

Lesson 1 Lesson 2
Recognition and enjoyment of the
appreciation
good qualities of someone or abuse (n) Harmful treatment
(n)
something.
carriageway A road, usually divided by a small Virtual place on a website where
chat room (n)
(n) stretch of land people can meet and converse
confined (adj) Restricted in size and volume, a
identity (n) Who someone is
small space
The process of making documents
institution (n) Someone that is very well known in
file sharing (n) available online for others to
a particular place
download
Specific information about a person,
personal
to hoard (v) To collect and hide items such as date of birth, phone number
information (n)
and address
Something, especially a structure,
To add a message to an online blog
memorial (n) established to remind people of a to post (v)
or message board
person or event.
Someone who illegally lives on a registration form Web page requiring personal details
squatter (n)
piece of unused land (n) in order to join a site or service
Punctuation mark (;) used to
reservation (n) A protected piece of land semi-colon (n)
separate parts of a sentence
Large book containing phone
to wander (v) To walk around, often without any telephone
numbers and addresses of people
purpose directory (n)
and businesses in an area
veteran (n) Someone who fought in a war in terms and Rules for using a particular product
the past conditions (n) or service
Lesson 3 Lesson 4
Something that performs or sells
to blow up (v) (Of a situation) to go badly wrong a blinder (n)
very well
Spoken or written discussion in
cyber- (prefix) Relating to the internet commentary (n)
which people express their opinions
derogatory Showing a negative opinion of compassionately Done in a way that shows concern
(adj) something or someone (adv) for others
Part of the mind that tells you if
livid (adj) Very angry, furious conscience (n)
something is morally right or wrong
(Abbreviation) mobile phone, Something that makes an
mobile (n) hurdle (n)
cellphone achievement difficult; an obstacle
To watch closely for a specific Someone who draws the pictures in
to monitor (v) illustrator (n)
purpose over a period of time story books
Man who leads and controls a Member of
patriarch (n) Elected politician in the UK
family or group Parliament (n)
To make someone feel less afraid Showing satisfaction with one’s own
to reassure (v) smug (adj)
or upset achievements or success
To look for private information, or Someone who doesn’t eat any
to snoop (v) vegan (n)
to watch someone secretly, to spy animal products
whatsoever
Of any kind or amount at all vegetarian (n) Someone who doesn’t eat any meat
(adj)
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Lesson 5 Lesson 6
Period of life covering the change
adolescence
audacious (adj) Very confident or daring from child to adult; usually the
(n)
teenage years
ambitiously In a way that shows a desire to be
appalled (adj) Feeling fear, shock or disgust
(adv) successful, popular, rich or similar
conventional Widely accepted belief or beliefs Strong desire to get money; greed for
avarice (n)
wisdom (n) (which may not always be true) money
Made up of things different from
diverse (adj) elevated (adj) Higher than normal
each other; not the same
Made or done with great care and Possibly harmful experience of
elaborate (adj) exposure (n)
attention to detail something
To swallow because of strong (Usually implications) possible future
to gulp (v) implication (n)
emotion effects or results
pop
Something that is unusually
phenomenon moderate (adj) Average in size or amount
popular
(n)
premature Happening too soon or earlier than
smashing (adj) (Informal) very good or impressive
(adj) expected
To try very hard to achieve Idea or theory that is believed by the
to strive (v) supposition (n)
something person who makes it, but lacks proof
to undertake
universal (adj) Applying or appealing to everyone (Formal) to do
(v)
Lesson 7
Person writing for a newspaper or
magazine who advises on readers'
agony aunt (n)
problems by replying to their
letters
Having good or equal amounts of
balanced (adj)
all the necessary parts
(of a child) to raise, look after, care
to bring up (v)
for
Way of reaching agreement where
compromise
each person gives up something
(n)
that was wanted
concerned Worried; to be anxious about
(adj) something
impact (n) Powerful influence or effect
to let off steam (or blow off steam) to vent, to talk
(v) or write in order to relieve stress
To hate something or someone
to loathe (v)
extremely
Description of only the most
outline (n)
important parts of something
Uncontrolled expression of anger;
tantrum (n) angry outburst, especially by a child
or someone acting like a child