8th Grade Vocabulary and Figurative Language

Chaos

• Disorder or confusion
• Completely destroyed or overwhelmed
• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm
• A deeply moving or emotional moment
• Shrink away in fear

Fateful

• Decisively important or life-changing
• Disorder or confusion
• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm
• A deeply moving or emotional moment
• Shrink away in fear

Devout

• Sincere and deeply religious
• Completely destroyed or overwhelmed
• Shelter or safety from danger
• Disorder or confusion
• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm

Humble

• Modest or showing a low estimate of one's importance
• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm
• A deeply moving or emotional moment
• Shrink away in fear
• An official order or decree

Devastate

• Completely destroyed or overwhelmed
• Disorder or confusion
• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm
• A deeply moving or emotional moment
• Modest or showing a low estimate of one’s importance

Vulnerable

• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm
• Completely destroyed or overwhelmed
• Shelter or safety from danger
• Disorder or confusion
• A deeply moving or emotional moment

Refuge

• Shelter or safety from danger
• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm
• A deeply moving or emotional moment
• Shrink away in fear
• Modest or showing a low estimate of one’s importance

Edict

• An official order or decree
• Shelter or safety from danger
• Disorder or confusion
• A deeply moving or emotional moment
• Shrink away in fear

Cower

• Shrink away in fear

• Completely destroyed or overwhelmed
• Shelter or safety from danger
• Disorder or confusion
• Physically or emotionally exposed to harm

Poignant

• A deeply moving or emotional moment
• Shelter or safety from danger

• An official order or decree

• Decisively important or life-changing