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7th Grade Vocab.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |