Quillpad.Org

Your Words, Your Friends, Your Quillpad

Login / Register

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Assessments and More…
    • Realistic State Assessment Online Programs
      • For Schools
      • For Parents
      • For Libraries
    • Tedbook – Printed Resources For All Assessments
      • SBAC
      • LEAP
      • Act Aspire
      • NJSLA
      • CMAS
      • GMAS
      • ILEARN
      • MAAP
      • IAR
      • TNReady
      • OST
      • FSA
      • MAP
      • MCAP
      • MCAS
      • NYST
      • PARCC
      • Azm2
      • STAAR
    • Math and English Worksheets
    • Grade 3 Math Worksheets
    • Grade 3 ELA Worksheets
    • Grade 4 Math Worksheets
    • Grade 4 ELA Worksheets
    • Grade 5 Math Worksheets
    • Grade 5 ELA Worksheets
    • Grade 6 Math Worksheets
    • Grade 6 ELA Worksheets
    • Grade 7 Math Worksheets
    • Grade 7 ELA Worksheets
    • Grade 8 Math Woksheets
    • Grade 8 ELA Worksheets
    • Grade 9 Resources
  • Power Words
    • Grade 5
    • Grade 6
    • Grade 7
    • Grade 8
    • Grade 9
  • Explore Certification Programs
    • HTML Certification
    • Social Media Marketing Certification
    • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Certification
    • Leadership Skills and Conflict Management Online Certification Program
    • Patent and Trademark Online Certification Program
    • Financial Ratios Certification
    • Python Programming Certification
  • Schools Test Scores
  • EdSearch
  • Workshops
    • Write Better Stories and Essays: A Toolkit for Writers in Middle School
    • Informative Writing
    • Explanatory Writing
  • Free STAAR Practice Test

Author Archives: Quillpad

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Pacify – Verb

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning:  To restore a person or a thing to a state of peace.

Example Sentence: The nanny is excellent at pacifying the baby.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Gratify – Verb

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning: to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings

Example Sentence: In order to gratify the king, we must throw him a party.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Sanctity – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning: holiness, saintliness, or godliness.

Example Sentence: How dare you people intrude into the sanctity of my own home?

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Tyranny – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning: Arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.

Example Sentence: Kind Abdhula was the cause of a lot tyranny.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Myriad – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning: A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.

Example Sentence: There was a myriad when the king of Mysore died.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Sentinel – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning: A person or thing that watches or stands as if watching. For example a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack.

Example Sentence: There are many sentinels positioned on the perimeter of the palace during the summit.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Parasol – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning:  A lightweight umbrella used, especially by women, as a sunshade.

Example Sentence: The women of England love to use parasols during summer.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Cannibal – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning: A cannibal is a person or animal that eats human flesh.

Example Sentence: There are very few cannibals in the world.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 8 | Leave a reply

Fanatic – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning: Someone that is super duper excited about something is called a fanatic, these people have great enthusiasm and joy for their loved subjects.

Example Sentence: I am a Harry Potter Fanatic!!

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 7 | Leave a reply

Detachment – Noun

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Quillpad
Reply

Meaning:Detachment is the act of detach which means to unfasten and separate oneself from something.

Example Sentence: The detachment of the professor from the college is essential for us to progress.

  • Tweet
  • Vote on HN
Posted in Grade 7 | Leave a reply

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Other Free Resources & Books

Main Idea Worksheets Summarizing Worksheets Point of View Worksheets Context Clues Worksheets Idiom Worksheets Vocabulary Worksheets Figurative Language Worksheets Reading Comprehension Worksheets Theme Worksheets Cause and Effect Worksheets Appropriate Heading Worksheets Free online Summer Learning Resources The Fully Informed Administrator Free HTML Certification Free Social Media Marketing Certification Free Financial Ratios Certification

Lumos StepUp™ Mobile App

Lumos StepUp™Lumos StepUp™ is an educational app that helps students learn and master grade-level skills in Math and English Language Arts. Click here to Learn More.

Oral Fluency Programs

Curious Reader Series
Reading Buddy For School
Reading Buddy For Parents
Free Stories For Kids
Reading Buddy Catalog
Reading Buddy Partnerships
ORF Skillbuilder Workbooks For Parents
Reading Buddy For Libraries
Curious Reader Series For Parents

Distance Learning Resources

Distance Learning Information Kit for Schools

Improve Student Achievement!

Supplemental Education Programs by Expert Teachers

Summer Learning Books

Summer Learning Headstart Book
Summer Learning Headstart eBook

Lumos Learning with USASBE

Lumos Learning with USASBE - Making Entrepreneurship Education More Accessible

Back-to-school Activities

Back-to-school Activities
Back-to-school Math Worksheets
Back-to-school Books
No Featured Posts Found

Free STAAR Practice Test

Free STAAR Practice Test

Google Ad

Proudly powered by WordPress