Vocabulary eXpected Grade Level: 8 (916)

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abide 25 abides 2 abiding 7 ablaze 5 abode 48 abodes 1 abominable 8 abreast 8 abstracts 1 abyss 19 accomplices 1 accord 5 accorded 1 accordingly 2 adrift 3 adversaries 1 affliction 1 aggrieved 3 aimlessly 3 airless 1 alarmingly 1 alcove 1 alcoves 2 alder 2 alliances 4 allotted 2 ambassador 3 ambassadors 3 amends 6 annotation 1 answerable 5 antiquity 4 apologetically 2 appease 2 appeased 2 appended 1 applicable 1 archipelago 1 armament 3 arrayed 20 associations 1 assuredly 4 astir 3 astronomically 1 atone 2 atoned 1 attentively 4 attire 1 attired 1 audacious 2 avail 14 availed 5 bach 1 baffle 1 bannocks 1 barkers 0 battalions 2 beady 1 begrudge 1 begrudged 7 begrudging 1 beguile 1 beguiled 1 behaviour 3 bereaved 1 beryl 2 beset 9 besets 1 besiege 1 bestow 1 bestowed 6 bewitched 3 biter 4 bitterly 17 blankly 2 blight 2 boatload 1 bodiless 1 boggy 3 boldly 1 bollards 1 bonds 15 bony 7 bower 4 bracken 11 bramble 2 brambles 11 brazen 6 breach 10 breached 1 breaches 4 breadth 2 breathlessness 1 brilliantly 1 brooch 12 brooches 1 brunt 2 butchery 1 canny 1 captors 2 carven 27 casting 12 cavernous 7 chafed 1 chafes 1 chamber 73 chambers 10 changefulness 1 changer 0 cheerfulness 1 chooser 1 citadel 56 clamour 23 clamouring 2 clippings 0 closely 34 coastlands 7 colonized 1 comfortless 3 commemoration 1 commodity 1 compensation 1 compiled 1 compounded 1 compounds 2 confer 1 confounded 5 conical 1 conjure 1 conjuring 2 conspiracy 5 constantly 12 constrain 1 constraining 1 contributor 1 converged 3 converging 2 converse 7 cornel 1 coronal 1 correspondence 1 corruption 4 corslet 7 corslets 1 countenance 3 countrified 1 courteously 2 courtly 1 coverlet 4 coverlets 2 covet 1 coveted 5 covets 1 cowardice 1 craggy 1 credible 1 crookedly 1 crossings 18 crossly 4 cruelly 12 cunningly 4 curdled 2 curdling 0 dangerously 2 dappled 3 dappling 1 darkly 16 deceptions 1 deem 23 deemed 25 deeming 4 defiantly 1 deficiency 1 deft 1 dejectedly 1 delete 1 deliberate 1 deliberately 2 delightedly 2 deliverance 2 deluded 3 depleted 1 deposed 2 derived 23 desolate 20 devastate 1 devastates 1 devastating 1 diffused 1 dimness 2 dingle 7 dire 7 disastrous 7 discern 4 discerned 1 discontent 2 discord 5 discreetly 1 dishevelled 2 dispelled 1 dispossess 1 dispossessed 3 disquietingly 1 dissension 2 dissensions 3 dissimilar 1 distinction 1 distinctions 1 distraught 4 dominion 40 dominions 1 doubtfully 13 dour 0 draught 28 draughts 7 dreadfully 9 drones 1 droning 1 drunkenly 1 dubious 2 dully 5 dumbness 1 earnestly 3 easternmost 1 eddying 3 edgewise 1 ells 3 embarked 3 embattled 3 enamoured 9 encompassed 5 endlessly 11 enfolding 1 engrossed 3 engrossing 1 engulf 3 engulfed 1 enormously 1 esteem 6 esteemed 4 esteeming 1 evermore 1 evilly 3 exaggeration 1 exceedingly 12 excellently 1 exceptionally 1 expectancy 2 extension 1 fabulously 1 fag 0 faithfully 4 fanfare 1 fanged 0 farsighted 4 favour 20 favoured 7 favourite 14 favourites 1 fearlessness 1 festering 1 festers 1 fibre 1 fiercely 15 fifteenth 1 firmness 2 fitful 4 fitfully 4 flabbergasted 1 flagstone 1 flatness 1 flattery 3 flaunt 1 flavour 1 flecked 5 fleeted 1 fleeting 15 fleshless 2 flickered 29 flickering 15 flustered 4 fondly 1 foolishly 5 foreboding 19 forester 1 foretell 9 foretelling 3 foretellings 1 forethought 1 foretold 13 forsooth 1 forthcoming 1 fortunately 10 frauds 1 frightfully 6 froth 1 frothed 2 frothing 1 frugal 2 fruitful 3 g 10 galled 1 garnets 1 gatherer 0 gatherers 2 gaunt 6 gauntlets 2 genealogies 2 genealogy 1 gloat 2 gloated 3 gloating 6 gloomily 6 glumly 1 glut 1 goings 8 graciously 2 gratefully 3 graven 10 graveyard 4 greatly 44 greedily 2 greenwood 15 greenwoods 2 greybeard 1 greybeards 2 grievances 2 grimness 2 grotto 1 grudgingly 2 gruffly 4 guttural 2 habergeon 1 habitual 2 hack 1 hacked 1 hacking 4 hacks 1 haggling 1 hamlet 1 hamlets 1 handled 3 handling 4 haphazard 1 harbour 6 harbourage 2 harboured 5 harbours 4 harmlessly 2 harpers 3 hauberk 10 hauberks 1 haughty 7 havoc 1 headstall 1 hearken 11 hearkened 15 hearted 0 heathland 1 hedgerows 2 henceforth 2 hereafter 10 hereditary 1 hesitatingly 1 hewn 31 highroad 2 hindrance 2 hoarsely 1 hobgoblins 1 homage 2 homecoming 3 hopelessly 2 horny 3 horribly 7 hoy 8 hullo 23 humpbacked 1 idiotic 2 immeasurable 8 imminent 2 impassable 8 implications 1 implored 1 inaccuracy 3 inadequate 1 incantation 2 incantations 1 inclination 1 inclined 13 incorrupt 2 inevitable 5 inevitably 2 inflame 1 inflamed 3 initially 5 inlaid 1 inmost 5 innovation 1 insolence 8 insolent 1 intelligible 1 intensely 1 intentional 1 intently 14 interlacing 2 inventory 1 inverted 2 invisibility 1 inwards 9 irresistibly 2 iv 6 jargon 1 jargons 1 jetsam 2 jingled 1 jingling 1 journeyed 49 journeying 12 journeyings 1 jowl 1 joyously 2 justly 4 keenly 6 keystone 2 kindliness 0 knowingly 1 laborious 1 lakeside 1 lament 5 lamented 3 lamenting 4 lander 0 landers 0 largely 12 largish 1 larn 2 leaguer 15 leaper 1 learners 1 leastways 7 leaved 0 legged 0 leggy 1 leisurely 3 lidded 1 linden 1 ling 1 livid 6 loathed 2 loathing 7 lodgings 4 loftier 4 lofty 17 lolly 0 longish 2 lubber 1 lustily 1 mace 3 maces 1 madly 6 magnitude 1 maimed 7 manfully 1 marshland 1 marvellous 27 masted 2 mastery 16 materials 1 meagre 1 meddlers 1 medially 1 melancholy 1 melodious 1 menacingly 1 metalwork 2 mindless 1 misdeeds 1 misgave 4 misinterpreting 1 mistook 1 moonless 3 mortality 4 mourners 1 muffled 6 munition 1 muse 1 mused 3 musing 3 musings 1 musty 1 myrtles 1 mysteriously 2 mythical 1 narratives 1 nasal 4 nasals 1 needlessly 6 needlework 1 neighbour 5 neighbourhood 9 neighbouring 1 neighbours 5 newly 9 nicely 6 ninepins 1 nobly 1 noiselessly 2 nosey 1 nothingness 4 oblivious 1 obscure 3 obscured 4 obstinately 3 occasionally 13 odour 3 odours 1 offensive 1 officially 2 ominous 23 ominously 3 onslaught 18 oozy 1 oracle 1 orb 1 ordained 2 outcry 2 outfall 1 outflow 1 outpost 4 outposts 2 outset 1 outwardly 2 outworn 1 overlaid 4 overpass 1 overran 1 overrun 9 overruns 2 painfully 8 palpitating 1 pang 1 paring 0 passable 1 passers 0 password 2 passwords 1 pastured 1 paternal 1 pathway 1 pathways 1 pawn 1 pawns 1 peacefully 2 pebbly 1 pedestal 4 pedestals 1 pent 1 penthouse 1 perchance 4 perilously 3 permanently 3 perpetually 1 perplexities 1 perturbed 1 ph 1 phonetic 2 pilgrimage 1 pitfalls 1 pivoted 1 plainly 30 plight 14 plighted 1 pong 1 popularly 2 portage 0 possessor 1 possessors 2 postscript 1 potencies 1 potency 5 potent 5 practise 1 practised 3 practising 1 praiseworthy 1 preceded 2 preceding 1 precipice 18 precipices 7 prentice 1 presently 51 presumption 2 pretence 2 privately 1 proceedings 1 profound 5 prone 1 prosperity 3 quagmires 1 quivered 5 quivering 9 quoits 1 radiance 17 rammers 1 ransacked 1 ransacking 1 ravage 3 ravaged 6 readily 4 readiness 6 reams 1 recapture 3 recapturing 1 reckonings 1 reconciled 1 reconquered 1 redecorated 1 rediscovered 1 reduction 1 regretfully 3 regrettable 1 relapsed 1 relinquish 2 relinquished 3 reluctance 3 reluctantly 13 remade 3 remake 1 remaking 1 remnant 36 remnants 9 removal 3 rend 4 rending 10 renewal 1 reordering 1 repent 7 repentance 2 repented 9 repenting 1 repents 1 repute 1 resolute 3 resolved 18 restlessly 4 restraint 3 revere 1 revered 5 reverence 19 richly 7 ringed 5 ritual 2 riverside 2 riversides 2 rogue 2 ropers 1 rudely 2 ruffian 7 ruffians 46 rumour 70 rumoured 3 rumours 13 ruthlessly 1 saxifrages 1 scantily 1 scattered 45 scattering 7 scones 1 scoundrels 1 scourges 1 scrubby 1 scuttle 2 scuttled 2 scuttling 4 searchingly 3 seared 3 searing 4 sears 1 seaward 5 secretly 30 securely 2 sedge 1 seething 2 sentry 1 serene 1 shaper 1 shard 1 shards 15 sharers 2 sharpness 2 sheen 6 sheer 58 shifted 10 shifting 7 shipbuilder 2 shirk 1 shirking 1 shooter 0 shoreward 3 shortcomings 1 signified 2 signifies 8 signifying 1 sinister 2 skilful 5 skulking 5 slaver 1 slavered 1 slavering 3 sleepiness 4 slobbering 1 slouched 1 slouching 2 smithies 7 smithy 3 smitten 6 snick 1 snicked 1 solace 1 solemnly 8 solitude 4 sooth 1 soundlessly 2 southwest 1 spawned 2 specially 17 speedily 4 spidery 2 spinners 1 spittle 1 splendidly 3 splendour 34 splendours 1 spurning 1 starless 7 stature 27 staunch 4 staunched 2 staves 8 steadfastly 1 stealthily 6 sternly 12 stonily 1 storeyed 0 strenuous 1 stubbornly 1 stumpy 2 stupidly 1 sturdily 1 subsided 4 subterranean 4 subtle 11 subtleties 1 subtlety 4 sulkily 2 suppressed 2 supremacy 1 surname 2 surnames 2 swathed 6 sweepings 1 swordsman 2 swordsmen 2 talkative 1 tat 0 teemed 1 teeming 1 temperament 1 tenseness 2 thereby 3 thereof 2 thereupon 10 thither 68 threateningly 1 throaty 1 thwart 2 thwarted 1 tier 3 tiered 0 tiers 1 timeless 7 torchlight 7 tracker 7 trackers 1 transparency 1 trappings 1 traveller 8 travellers 70 treasonable 1 treeless 8 trespasser 1 trespassers 1 tresses 1 trestle 0 trestles 2 trill 1 trilled 2 triumphantly 1 truant 1 truants 2 trumpeters 3 trussed 2 truthfully 1 tufted 1 tum 3 tunic 9 turbulent 4 tussle 1 twitter 1 twofold 1 ultimate 1 unaccountable 1 unawares 17 unbearably 2 unbent 2 unblinking 1 uncanny 8 uncertainly 2 unchanging 2 uncharted 1 unclasped 2 unclenching 1 uncomfortably 5 unconquerable 1 undaunted 2 undead 2 undoubtedly 4 uneasiness 3 uneaten 1 unexpectedly 11 unfulfilled 1 unfurl 1 unfurled 7 ungracious 1 unheeded 5 unimaginable 1 unintelligible 2 uninteresting 1 unlading 1 unlawful 1 unlearn 1 unlearned 3 unlit 3 unmelted 1 unmoved 12 unquenchable 3 unquiet 13 unrelated 1 unruffled 1 unsaddled 1 unscathed 6 unshaken 1 unshaped 3 unslinging 2 unslung 2 untamed 1 untended 3 unto 35 untutored 1 unveiled 7 unwanted 2 unwillingly 3 unwisely 2 upkeep 1 upturned 4 vaguely 7 valiantly 3 vapour 16 vapours 9 variously 1 vassal 4 vassals 3 vi 1 vile 4 vilest 1 violently 3 virtually 1 visibly 1 waft 1 wafted 2 wafts 1 wager 5 wanly 1 warrant 11 warren 1 wasteful 1 wasteland 1 waterside 3 waylaid 17 waylay 9 waylaying 1 weakling 1 wheedle 1 wheedling 0 whereas 31 whomsoever 2 wildly 25 winch 1 withheld 8 withhold 8 withholding 1 withholds 1 wonderfully 4 workmanship 2 worshipful 2 wrappings 1 wrathful 7 wreathe 1 wreathed 5 wrights 2 yammered 3 yammering 4 ye 36 yesteryear 1 yore 6 zenith 1

Credits

Mapping of American English vocabulary by grade levels, Flor et al (2024)

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