The document provides 15 spelling lists for 8th grade students. Each list contains 25 words in alphabetical order covering a variety of topics from biology to literature to technology. The lists progress in difficulty, exposing students to an expanding vocabulary.

1. Eighth Grade Spelling Lists
List 1 List 2 List 3
1 abrupt 1 belief 1 almond
2 accede 2 cedar 2 answer
3 accelerate 3 chili 3 consequence
4 adaptation 4 develop 4 crumbs
5 chromosome 5 development 5 cupboard
6 amphibian 6 diagnosis 6 folklore
7 dispute 7 directors 7 foreign
8 entertainment 8 fowl 8 knives
9 atrium 9 glacial 9 knocked
10 carbohydrate 10 grandson 10 limbs
11 character 11 maintenance 11 palm
12 chemotherapy 12 extract 12 mammal
13 citizens 13 extraordinary 13 maneuver
14 classify 14 exude 14 prosperity
15 demand 15 inquisitive 15 regional
16 familiar 16 intentions 16 scribble
17 fastidious 17 notified 17 stout
18 fiend 18 nucleus 18 strict
19 obnoxious 19 obey 19 strident
20 obscure 20 obligate 20 style
21 obstacle 21 represents 21 submission
22 refuge 22 romp 22 submit
23 relay 23 vanity 23 surfeit
24 search 24 yield 24 written
25 swab 25 zoology 25 weary
List 4 List 5 List 6
1 affection 1 accumulate 1 accidentally
2 arrange 2 ajar 2 accompanied
3 belief 3 ample 3 accumulate
4 believe 4 bronze 4 applications

2. 5 dutiful 5 circumstances 5 disappointment
6 embarrass 6 courtesy 6 flamboyant
7 eminent 7 descend 7 flexible
8 fairies 8 detain 8 foreign
9 gallant 9 detract 9 forfeit
10 incautious 10 exceptional 10 gorilla
11 index 11 feat 11 impolite
12 insecure 12 flexible 12 lectures
13 ministry 13 lanky 13 maintained
14 misfortune 14 logic 14 objection
15 moral 15 meddlesome 15 occasion
16 oddity 16 merely 16 occasionally
17 pretzel 17 mingled 17 occur
18 prolong 18 originate 18 odor
19 retain 19 perishable 19 partial
20 stop 20 rendezvous 20 sausage
21 throughout 21 reside 21 symbol
22 tornado 22 scenic 22 touched
23 vivid 23 specific 23 typically
24 whirl 24 tends 24 wardrobe
25 wrinkle 25 unfurl 25 youngster
List 7 List 8 List 9
1 accuse 1 admit 1 accent
2 buffalo 2 assortment 2 announcement
3 calendar 3 broadcast 3 authentic
4 deceive 4 connections 4 avoid
5 employee 5 decimal 5 campus
6 foundation 6 depress 6 career
7 handkerchief 7 deprive 7 certify
8 illegal 8 electrical 8 compass
9 jeopardize 9 estate 9 cranberry

3. 10 kangaroo 10 feverish 10 distribute
11 labeling 11 filter 11 eagle
12 mispronounce 12 formula 12 elastic
13 necessarily 13 guarding 13 encounter
14 offense 14 imagines 14 firmly
15 pageant 15 neighbors 15 hind
16 quandary 16 pint 16 interview
17 rapport 17 poetry 17 jagged
18 safety 18 purposes 18 monetary
19 tailor 19 quoted 19 natural
20 unique 20 restriction 20 opera
21 usurp 21 shrug 21 proceed
22 vacuum 22 stretch 22 satisfactory
23 wavier 23 studio 23 stiff
24 willful 24 suspense 24 surrounding
25 yacht 25 visual 25 usually
List 10 List 11 List 12
1 accident 1 advance 1 admire
2 angels 2 antonym 2 afterward
3 command 3 bearing 3 anachronism
4 deputy 4 civilization 4 assume
5 discard 5 cluster 5 ballot
6 disguised 6 design 6 banquet
7 enamel 7 distinction 7 campaign
8 equality 8 doubtless 8 capitalization
9 global 9 gradually 9 dehydration
10 indicate 10 majesty 10 delegate
11 insulation 11 meanwhile 11 delinquent
12 invalid 12 password 12 discontent
13 lantern 13 peer 13 electricity
14 measurement 14 prefer 14 enrollment

4. 15 mistrust 15 previously 15 migrate
16 muffle 16 resign 16 nourish
17 ourselves 17 scum 17 propose
18 physical 18 shoulders 18 results
19 producing 19 synonym 19 seasonal
20 progression 20 terrain 20 simplify
21 register 21 theater 21 suspend
22 rifle 22 umpire 22 temper
23 suffered 23 vital 23 thrilling
24 unexpected 24 weave 24 urban
25 vaccine 25 zinc 25 windshield
List 13 List 14 List 15
1 analysis 1 angle 1 anywhere
2 boycott 2 ankle 2 arrival
3 ceiling 3 brochure 3 chauffeur
4 demean 4 celebration 4 cheddar
5 elicit 5 commitment 5 criticize
6 fulfill 6 community 6 cuddle
7 grocery 7 didactic 7 infection
8 height 8 difficulty 8 inferior
9 illiterate 9 enable 9 invalid
10 informal 10 encyclopedia 10 niece
11 jewelry 11 futurity 11 nonfiction
12 kerosene 12 hygiene 12 opponent
13 knowledge 13 imitation 13 organization
14 library 14 indulge 14 particular
15 lovely 15 journey 15 persuade
16 manuscript 16 jurist 16 prairie
17 nickel 17 khaki 17 presage
18 oneself 18 kindergarten 18 recognize
19 pamphlet 19 literature 19 recreation

5. 20 quantity 20 lying 20 secretarial
21 receipt 21 massive 21 shuffle
22 scissors 22 materialism 22 shutter
23 tangible 23 policeman 23 skeptical
24 varnish 24 protocol 24 stereo
25 warranty 25 saturate 25 sticky
List 16 List 17 List 18
1 amphibian 1 instrument 1 disposal
2 ancestry 2 intelligible 2 disposition
3 artificial 3 interior 3 droll
4 aspect 4 involved 4 duplicate
5 attire 5 irrefutable 5 durable
6 attractive 6 laboratory 6 eliminate
7 aversion 7 laborious 7 elliptical
8 banana 8 logical 8 emulate
9 battery 9 lyric 9 encode
10 budgeting 10 opossum 10 engineer
11 cashier 11 optimism 11 enslave
12 civilization 12 organize 12 equipping
13 civilize 13 persist 13 evanescent
14 classification 14 perspire 14 evidently
15 conceive 15 plethora 15 exclude
16 critic 16 potato 16 exhale
17 cylinder 17 predecessor 17 extension
18 hearty 18 puddle 18 savor
19 induce 19 rabid 19 scholastic
20 inflate 20 ransack 20 scrabble
21 injury 21 recline 21 security
22 inscription 22 recluse 22 serviceable
23 insecure 23 recurring 23 shriek
24 insinuate 24 rodeo 24 siege

6. 25 institution 25 rotund 25 strenuous
List 19 List 20 List 21
1 menthol 1 believable 1 anytime
2 mercurial 2 completion 2 blue-eyed
3 metallic 3 confusion 3 didn't
4 microbe 4 creative 4 doesn't
5 microcosm 5 ignorance 5 everywhere
6 mileage 6 insurance 6 fireproof
7 miniature 7 maturity 7 great-aunt
8 mistreat 8 narrative 8 haven't
9 misunderstood 9 pleasure 9 here's
10 mobilize 10 refusal 10 I'm
11 monologue 11 revision 11 it's
12 moreover 12 storage 12 lifetime
13 mosquito 13 survival 13 meanwhile
14 murmur 14 television 14 nighttime
15 myth 15 therefore 15 ninety-four
16 nineteenth 16 triangle 16 one-half
17 ninety 17 turmoil 17 proofread
18 ninth 18 usage 18 self-addressed
19 nondescript 19 vinegar 19 someone
20 surmount 20 visible 20 there's
21 syllable 21 visitor 21 they're
22 syrup 22 void 22 timetable
23 system 23 weather 23 whenever
24 tariff 24 wholly 24 won't
25 tendency 25 willful 25 would've
List 22 List 23 List 24

7. 1 almond 1 accidentally 1 although
2 answer 2 adolescent 2 bought
3 consequence 3 affection 3 brought
4 crumbs 4 allergy 4 century
5 cupboard 5 ancient 5 copyright
6 folklore 6 appliance 6 delight
7 foreign 7 athletically 7 doughnut
8 knives 8 cavities 8 eightieth
9 knocked 9 conceited 9 fought
10 limbs 10 contagious 10 freight
11 palm 11 forecast 11 frightened
12 percent 12 frequent 12 height
13 prevention 13 guidance 13 magnify
14 raspberry 14 historically 14 neighborhood
15 recommend 15 multiplied 15 ought
16 refrigeration 16 postpone 16 quadrangle
17 reign 17 recent 17 quarter
18 resign 18 related 18 sightseeing
19 sign 19 related 19 slight
20 stalk 20 resemble 20 thoroughbred
21 sword 21 societies 21 thoroughly
22 whole 22 specifically 22 thoughtless
23 whose 23 subconscious 23 throughout
24 wrapped 24 supernatural 24 unanimous
25 written 25 tragedy 25 weighed