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7th Grade Vocab.
Word | Definition |
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abate | become less in amount or intensity |
abnormal | not typical or usual or regular |
abode | any address at which you dwell more than temporarily |
abrupt | exceedingly sudden and unexpected |
accelerate | move faster |
acclaim | enthusiastic approval |
acknowledge | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality of |
acquire | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
aspire | have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal |
acrid | strong and sharp, as a taste |
addict | to cause to become dependent |
adjacent | having a common boundary or edge |
admonish | scold or reprimand; take to task |
affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress |
agitate | move or cause to move back and forth |
ajar | slightly open |
akin | related by blood |
allege | report or maintain |
annihilate | kill in large numbers |
anonymous | having no known name or identity or known source |
antagonize | provoke the hostility of |
apathy | an absence of emotion or enthusiasm |
arbitrate | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
astute | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence |
authentic | not counterfeit or copied |
avert | turn away or aside |
Bellow | a person or animal emitting a loud roar, usually out of pain or anger |
beseech | ask for, or request earnestly |
bestow | give as a gift |
bewilder | cause to be confused emotionally |
bigot | a prejudiced person who is intolerant of different opinions |
blatant | completely obvious |
bleak | unplesantly cold and damp |
braggart | boastful and talkative person |
brawl | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively |
browse | search |
bystander | a nonparticipating spectator |
candid | openly straightforward and direct |
canine | a dog |
canny | showing self interest when dealing with others |
capricious | determined by chance or impulse |
capsize | overturned |
casual | normal |
casualty | injured or killed in an accident |
caatastrophe | a violent change |
cater | give what is desired or needed |
chorus | actors who comment an action in a classical Greek play/ repeating part in a song |
cirturs | tropical tree cultivated for its juicy edible fruits/ oranges and lemons |
clamber | climb awkwardly |
climax | highest point of anything |
compromise | and accommodation for a plan |
concur | rule/ agree/ simultaneously occur at the same time |
confront | oppose, by anger or in part of a competition |
conjested | blocked or so full of something ( usually refering to traffic, etc. ) |
conjure | summon into action, or bring into existence |
consult | seek information from |
corrupt | immoral, evasive |
counterfeit | not genuine |
covet | crave for |
customary | commonly used or practiced |