Seventh Grade Academic Word List

Seventh Grade Academic Word List

First Quarter

Capacity: the maximum amount that something can obtain; the ability or power to do, experience, or understand something; specified role or position.

·  [from Latin: capacitas, that can contain, capere, take or hold.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  The band played to a capacity crowd.

o  I am impressed by your capacity for hard word.

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: volume, size, position, post, office, role, function.

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·  What is your greatest capacity?

Distribute: give share of (something), deal out.

·  [from Latin: distribut, divided up.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  Anchor books are distributed throughout the school.

o  Food pantries distribute foodstuffs to families in need.

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: give out, deal out, dole, share, circulate, disperse, scatter, spread..

·  Antonyms: collect.

·  How will you distribute your time this week?

Methods: a particulate form of procedures for accomplishing or approaching something.

·  [from Latin and Greek: methodos, pursuit of knowledge.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  What methods are used in scientific testing?

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: procedure, technique, system, practice, order, organization, structure, design.

·  Antonym: disorder.

·  What methods do you use for studying?

Morality: principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

·  [From Latin moralite, moral.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  A person’s morality guides his/her decisions.

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·  Synonyms: ethics, virtue, goodness, standards..

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Abstain: restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something; formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion..

·  [from Latin abstinere, from + hold.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  Pregnant women are advised to abstain from drinking or drink very little.

o  Three voters abstained from voting..

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: refrain from, give up, avoid, not vote.

·  Antonym: indulge, drink, vote.

·  What do you abstain from eating?

Guarantee: a formal promise or assurance that certain conditions will be fulfilled; provide a formal assurance or promise.

·  [from French: garant, warrant.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  The television came with a three-year guarantee.

o  The artist guaranteed satisfaction.

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: warranty, promise, collaterol, underwrite.

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·  What guarantee do you expect when you purchase an item?

Contrast: the state of being strikingly different from something else; differ strikingly.

·  [from Latin, contrastare, against + stand.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  The mountain stands in sharp contrast to the sea.

o  People contrasted her with her sister.

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: difference, opposition, disagree.

·  Antonyms: similarity, resemble, echo, liken.

·  What current belief contrasts with an earlier idea?

Parallel: side by side and have the same distance continuously between them; a person or thing that is similar to another.

·  [from Latin: parallelos, alongside one another.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  The lines were parallel..

o  He drew a parallel between fate and personal beliefs.

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: side by side, similar, coexisting, counterpart, similarity.

·  Antonym: divergent.

·  What parallels can you draw?

Industry: economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories; hard work.

·  [from Latin: industria, diligence.]

·  Examples of usage:

o  The library was a hive of industry.

o  The automobile industry is trying to re-invent itself, in the United States.

·  What other examples can you come up with?

·  Synonyms: manufacturing, business, activity, trade, construction, application.

·  Antonym: inactivity.

·  What industry defines Maine?

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Logical:

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Implement:

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Motivate:

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Undertake:

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Incentive:

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Enable:

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Inequity:

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Resources:

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Adequate:

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Illustrate:

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Disproportionate:

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Theory:

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Investigate:

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Obtain:

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Primary:

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Emphasize:

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Restrict:

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Multidimensional:

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Derives:

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Advantage:

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Consume:

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Contaminate:

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Recite:

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Equity:

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Resolve:

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Symbolic:

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