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WW Lesson 12
Vocabulary Words and Definitions for SIS Grade 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To carry away by force; to kidnap | Abduct |
| The place where one lives; home | Abode |
| A deep opening in the earth | Abyss |
| Anything too deep to measure | Abyss |
| To settle a disagreement between two parties by having a third party make a decision after hearing both sides | Arbitrate |
| To think of as coming from or belonging to a particular person or thing | Attribute |
| A quality or feature associated with a person or thing | Attribute |
| Likely to change quickly for no obvious reason | Capricious |
| To settle a disagreement by having each side give up something | Compromise |
| To expose to the possibility of criticism or shame | Compromise |
| A settlement reached by each side giving up something | Compromise |
| Very religious | Devout |
| Sincere | Devout |
| Deeply disturbed; very troubled | Distraught |
| To inform or instruct; to give knowledge or truth to | Enlighten |
| Free from ignorance or prejudice | Enlighten |
| To slope or lean | Incline |
| To be likely to; to have a fondness for | Incline |
| To bend or bow (the head) | Incline |
| A sloping surface | Incline |
| To enter in order to help or settle something | Intervene |
| Anything that cannot be done without or that is greatly needed | Necessity |
| The condition of being needed | Necessity |
| The path taken by an object around a heavenly body such as a star, planet, or moon | Orbit |
| To put into or be in orbit | Orbit |
| Holy; having to do with religion | Sacred |
| Worthy of being given the greatest honor or respect | Sacred |