150 Words Every Eighth Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 10

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  1. rejuvenate
    make younger or more youthful
  2. disgruntled
    in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
  3. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  4. vertigo
    a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
  5. disbursement
    the act of spending or distributing money
  6. qualitative
    involving distinguishing attributes
  7. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  8. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  9. snobbery
    arrogant or condescending behavior toward others
  10. acoustics
    the study of the physical properties of sound
  11. escalator
    a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
  12. vocalize
    utter speech sounds
  13. undernourished
    not getting adequate food
  14. unenforceable
    not able to be brought about by compulsion
  15. fungible
    freely exchangeable for something of like nature
Created on Tue Jun 03 19:31:38 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jul 11 10:58:26 EDT 2025)

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