Commonly Confused 8th Grade Words

Terms	Definitions
capital	as in an upper case letter.
capitol	the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet
cell	(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
sale	the general activity of selling
sell	persuade somebody to accept something
choose	pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
chose	past tense indicating that one has selected something
emigrate	leave one's country of residence for a new one
immigrate	migrate to a new environment
farther	more distant in especially space or time
further	promote the growth of
knew	past tense of know, to have information in your brain, knowledge
new	of a kind not seen before, not old
loose	not restrained or confined or attached
lose	miss from one's belongings
passed	went by
past	the time that has gone by
quiet	free of noise or uproar
quite	actually or truly or to an extreme, sometimes a synonym for "very"
quit	give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
their	belonging to them
they're	contraction for "they are"
there	a location other than here
weak	lacking physical strength or vitality
week	a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday

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