7th grade vocabulary for Lipscomb Academy
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| abut | (v.) to join at one end or be next to; prop up
synonyms: border on, bolster
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| adage | (n.) a proverb, wise saying
Synonyms: maxim, saw, aphorism
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| banter | (v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease
(n.) talk that is playful and teasing
synonyms: (n.) joking, raillery
antonyms: (n.) serious talk
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| belittle | (v.) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggest lack of importance or value.
Synonyms: minimize, underrate, disparage
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| chafe | (v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk,; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing
Synonyms: (v.) irritate, scrape
antonyms: (v.) soothe, mollify, please, elate
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| churlish | (adj.) lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with; rude
Synonyms: surly, ill tempered
Antonyms: courteous, civil, well- mannered
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| collaborate | (v.) to work with, work together
Synonyms: team up, join forces
Antonyms: work alone
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| crony | (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
Antonyms: enemy, rival
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| fervent | (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
Synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching
Antonyms: blase', apathetic, restrained, emotionless
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| glut | (v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing
(n.) an oversupply
synonyms: (v) flood, inundate
(n.) surplus, plethora
antonyms: (n.) shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity
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| hover | (v.) to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth uncertainly over or around
Synonyms: linger, waver, seesaw
Antonym: soar
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| instill | (v.) to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in
Synonyms: implant, infuse, inculcate
Antonyms: root out, eradicate, extirpate
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| legendary | ( adj) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
Synonyms: mythical, fabulous, famous, celebrated
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| parry | (v.) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid;
(n.) a defensive movement on fencing and other sportsmanship
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| plummet | (v.) to plunge straight down;
(n.) a weight fastened to a line
Synonym: (v.) take a nosedive
Antonyms: (v.) soar, skyrocket
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| prodigy | (n.) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent
Synonyms: marvel, wonder, freak, genius
Antonyms: dumbbell, dunce, dullard
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| promontory | (n.) a high point of land extending into water
Synonyms: cliff, headland
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| prone | (adj.) lying face down; inclined, likely
Synonyms: prostrate, liable, apt
Antonyms: standing, upright, unlikely
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| pseudonym | (v.) a pen name, name assumed by a writer
Synonym: nom de plume
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| ravage | (v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin;
(n.) ruinous damage, destruction
Synonym: (v.) wreck, devastate
Antonym: (v.) spare
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| repercussion | (n.) an effect or conquence of some action or event, result; an echo or reverberation
Antonyms: cause, source
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| rubble | (n.) broken stones or bricks; ruins
Synonyms: wreckage, debris
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| servile | (adj.) of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave, menial; lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive
Synonyms: slavish, groveling, fawning
Antonyms: mastery, overbearing
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| sustain | (v.) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
Synonyms: foster, maintain
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