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WW Lesson 20
Vocabulary Words and Definitions for SIS Grade 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A lack of interest or concern | Apathy |
| To keep bothering | Badger |
| A strongly built, burrowing mammal common in many northern parts of the world | Badger |
| To force or require to do something | Compel |
| To mislead; to deceive | Delude |
| To feel or express sorrow or regret | Deplore |
| To disapprove of strongly | Deplore |
| Dilapidated and abandoned | Derelict |
| Lacking a sense of duty; neglectful | Derelict |
| A poor, homeless person | Derelict |
| Damage or harm | Detriment |
| Anything that causes harm | Detriment |
| The condition of being different or having differences | Diversity |
| Variety | Diversity |
| To give off or send out | Emit |
| To utter or express | Emit |
| To promote the growth of; to encourage | Foster |
| Giving or receiving care in a family that is not related by birth or adoption | Foster |
| Lacking qualities associated with living things | Inanimate |
| Something that makes a person want to try or work harder | Incentive |
| An event or sign that is believed to indicate the future | Omen |
| A group of plants or animals that are similar in some ways | Species |
| Causing harm; poisonous | Toxic |