Grade 8 Spelling Bee Words

The full Grade 8 word list

1. acquiescence
2. algebra
3. algorithm
4. almanac
5. anfractuosity
6. anfractuous
7. angst
8. appoggiatura
9. autochthonous
10. bonsai
11. borborygmi
12. capricious
13. chiaroscuro
14. chrysanthemum
15. cipher
16. conscientious
17. ctenophore
18. cymotrichous
19. defalcation
20. defenestration
21. diaphanous — delicate and transparent
22. ephemeral
23. exiguous
24. fluorescent
25. garrulous
26. gestalt
27. gung-ho
28. hibachi
29. hiraeth
30. idiosyncratic
31. impecunious
32. inchoate
33. inimical
34. insouciant
35. karaoke
36. ketchup
37. kindergarten
38. kowtow
39. labyrinthine
40. labyrinthitis
41. lachrymose
42. limerence
43. lissom
44. logodaedaly
45. logorrhea
46. lugubrious
47. malfeasance
48. mellifluous
49. mendacious
50. meretricious
51. miscellaneous
52. noctilucent
53. nugatory
54. obfuscate
55. objurgatory
56. omphaloskepsis
57. oneiric
58. onomatopoeia — formation of words in imitation of natural sounds
59. origami
60. pellucid
61. peripatetic
62. perspicacious
63. petrichor
64. pharisaical
65. phosphorescent
66. pleonastic
67. prestidigitation
68. prodigious — enormous or immense
69. psephology
70. pulchritudinous
71. querulous
72. questionnaire
73. recalcitrant — obstinately defiant of authority or restraint : stubbornly disobedient
74. recondite
75. safari
76. sanguine
77. schadenfreude
78. semaphore
79. sesquipedalian — characterized by or tending to use lengthy words
80. soliloquy
81. somniloquy
82. soporific
83. supercilious
84. sycophant
85. tauromachy
86. tautological
87. tendentious
88. tergiversation
89. tintinnabulation
90. triskaidekaphobia
91. tsunami
92. tycoon
93. typhoon
94. ubiquitous
95. vellichor
96. vivisepulture
97. zeitgeist — the general cultural, ethical, and intellectual spirit of an era