7th grade summer vocabulary list

rebecca C.
Boston College High School Arrupe Division
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  1. a lot
    to a very great degree or extent
  2. accept
    receive willingly something given or offered
  3. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  4. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  5. beginning
    the act of starting something
  6. calendar
    a system of timekeeping that defines divisions of the year
  7. chief
    the head of a tribe or clan
  8. commitment
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  9. conscience
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
  10. definite
    precise; explicit and clearly defined
  11. definitely
    without question and beyond doubt
  12. democracy
    the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  13. desperate
    a person who is frightened and in need of help
  14. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  15. exaggerate
    enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  16. except
    prevent from being included or considered or accepted
  17. foreign
    not deriving from the essential nature of something
  18. friend
    a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
  19. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
  20. grammar
    the branch of linguistics that deals with sentence structure
  21. height
    distance from the base of something to its top
  22. hygiene
    a condition promoting sanitary practices
  23. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
  24. independent
    free from external control and constraint
  25. lead
    take somebody somewhere
  26. lightning
    flash of light from an electric discharge in the atmosphere
  27. misspell
    write the letters of incorrectly
  28. neighbor
    a person who lives near another
  29. niece
    a daughter of your sibling
  30. occasion
    an event that occurs at a critical time
  31. omit
    leave undone or leave out
  32. parallel
    being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  33. perseverance
    the act of continuing or repeating
  34. potato
    an edible tuber native to South America
  35. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  36. principal
    main or most important
  37. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  38. privilege
    a special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all
  39. proceed
    move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  40. receive
    get something; come into possession of
  41. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  42. ridiculous
    incongruous or absurd
  43. seize
    take hold of; grab
  44. separate
    standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
  45. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
  46. successful
    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
  47. thief
    a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else
  48. tomato
    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
  49. unnecessary
    not needed
  50. vicious
    having the nature of evildoing
  51. weather
    atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation
  52. weird
    strikingly odd or unusual
Created on Thu Aug 04 08:18:39 EDT 2011 (updated Thu Aug 04 09:00:09 EDT 2011)

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