Russian language vocabulary for grade 8

Russian language school program vocabulary list for grade 8 with the words emphasized and interpreted. Take the online Vocabulary Trainer audio test to check your skills, and to memorize spelling through play. Practice regularly to memorize, and to spell vocabulary words correctly.

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официа́льный

Relating to a position of responsibility

панора́ма

A view of a wide area

па́фос

перро́н

A raised structure along the side of a railway track where passengers get on and off trains at a station.

перспекти́ва

A view or prospect.

пессими́ст

Someone who feels that bad things are more likely to happen than good things

пито́мец

An animal that is kept in the home as a companion and treated kindly

по́длинный

If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to be

по́здний

(happening or being) near the end of a period of time

поликли́ника

A building, often part of a hospital, to which people can go for medical care or advice relating to a particular condition

поража́ть

To move your hand or an object onto the surface of something so that it touches it, usually with force

постаме́нт

A long, thin column that supports a statue, or a tall structure like a column on which something rests

пре́данность

Loyalty and love or care for someone or something

представле́ние

An act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

предше́ственник

Someone who had a job or a position before someone else, or something that comes before another thing in time or in a series

прее́мник

Someone or something that comes after another person or thing

пре́ния

(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people take part

преобразова́ние

The process of converting something from one thing to another

претвори́ться

To behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game

претенде́нт

A person who formally requests something, especially a job, or to study at a college or university