7th Grade Vocabulary List

Abate

become less in amount or intensity

abnormal

not normal

abode

housing that someone is living in

abrupt

exceedingly sudden and unexpected

accelerate

move faster

acclaim

enthusiastic approval

acknowledge

accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

acquire

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

aspire

have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

acrid

harsh or corrosive in tone

addict

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

adjacent

near or close to but not necessarily touching

admonish

warn strongly

affliction

a cause of great suffering and distress

agitate

change the arrangement or position of

ajar

partly open

akin

related to or alike

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

the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

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 very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

beseech

ask for or request earnestly

bestow

present

bewilder

be a mystery or bewildering to

bigot

a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own

blatant

conspicuously and offensively loud

bleak

offering little or no hope, offering little or no hope

braggart

a very boastful and talkative person

brawl

a noisy fight in a crowd

browse

the act of feeding by continual nibbling

bystander

a nonparticipant spectator

Candid

openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

canine

any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

canny

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

capricious

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

capsize

overturn accidentally

casual

hasty and without attention to detail

casualty

a decrease of military personnel or equipment

catastrophe

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

cater

supply food ready to eat

chorus

a group of people assembled to sing together

citrus

any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp

clamber

an awkward climb

climax

the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

compromise

an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

concur

happen simultaneously

confront

deal with (something unpleasant) head on

congested

overfull as with blood

conjure

engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

consult

advise professionally

corrupt

alter from the original

counterfeit

a copy that is represented as the original

covet

wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)

customary

commonly used or practiced

Debut

the act of beginning something new

deceased

someone who is no longer alive

dependent

a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

despondent

without or almost without hope

detach

cause to become detached or separated

devour

eat greedily

dishearten

take away the enthusiasm of

dismal

depressing in character or appearance

dismantle

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distraught

deeply agitated especially from emotion

docile

willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

downright

complete and without restriction or qualification

drone

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

dumbfound

be a mystery or bewildering to

Emblem

special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

endure

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

ensue

issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.)

enthrall

hold spellbound

epidemic

a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease

erode

remove soil or rock

exuberant

produced or growing in extreme abundance

Fathom

(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

feud

a bitter quarrel between two parties

figment

a contrived or fantastic idea

firebrand

someone who deliberately foments trouble

flabbergast

overcome with amazement

flagrant

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

flaw

defect or weakness in a person's character

fruitless

unproductive of success

Gaudy

a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university

geography

study of the earth's surface

gratify

yield (to)

gravity

(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe

grim

shockingly repellent

grimy

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

grueling

characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion

gruesome

shockingly repellent

Haggle

an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

headlong

with the head foremost

hilarious

marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter