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| 7th Grade Worksheets of Hyde Park, New York | 
 
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abdicate  | v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim  |  
 abrasive  | a. rubbing away; tending to grind down  |  
 abruptly  | ad. quickly and without warning  |  
 acknowledge  | v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks  |  
 acquire  | v. gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system  |  
 addict  | v. cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to  |  
 adequate  | a. sufficient; enough to meet a purpose  |  
 admonish  | v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided  |  
 affiliation  | n. partnership; alliance; association in the same family or society  |  
 agitate  | v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb  |  
 allege  | v. state without proof; assert to be true  |  
 allocate  | v. assign; distribute according to plan  |  
 alternative  | a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice  |  
 amendment  | n. correction; revision  |  
 antagonize  | v. provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to  |  
 attribute  | n. essential quality; reputation; honor  |  
 authentic  | a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy  |  
 bamboozle  | v. to con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone  |  
 belligerent  | a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive  |  
 bewilder  | v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes  |  
 bias  | n. preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment;  influence in unfair way  |  
 boycott  | v. refrain from buying or using  |  
 cause  | n. a person or thing that gives rise to an action  |  
 characterize  | v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of  |  
 chronological  | a. arranged in order of time of occurrence  |  
 compel  | v. force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force  |  
 competent  | a. capable; adept  |  
 component  | n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something  |  
 conclusive  | a. decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin  |  
 concur  | v. be in accord; be in agreement  |  
 condemn  | v. blame; express strong disapproval of  |  
 condor  | n. largest flying birds in the western hemisphere; gold coin of some South American countries  |  
 confront  | v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with  |  
 connotation  | n. an idea that is implied or suggested  |  
 consecutive  | a. following one after another without interruption; sequential  |  
 consult  | v. seek advice or information of; take into account; consider  |  
 contrast  | n. act of distinguishing by comparing differences  |  
 copious  | a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply  |  
 correspond  | v. be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages  |  
 dawdle  | v. proceed slowly; waste time  |  
 deceitful  | a. dishonest or hiding the truth  |  
 demeanor  | n. conduct; management; way in which a person behaves  |  
 derogatory  | a. expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling  |  
 devastate  | v. ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate  |  
 devious  | a. departing from correct or accepted way; misleading; not straightforward  |  
 devour  | v. consume; eat greedily; destroy completely  |  
 diversity  | n. point or respect in which things differ; difference  |  
 eligible  | a. qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage  |  
 emphasize  | v. stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice  |  
 estimate  | v. judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate  |  
 evaluate  | v. judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something  |  
 exposition  | n. exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue  |  
 exuberant  | a. high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious  |  
 famished  | a. extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink  |  
 formidable  | a. arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat  |  
 impartial  | a. fair; showing lack of favoritism  |  
 indifferent  | a. having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad  |  
 industrious  | a. diligent; hard-working; busy and laborious  |  
 inevitable  | a. unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented  |  
 infuriate  | v. enrage; make furious or mad with anger  |  
 initiate  | v. begin or originate; cause something to begin  |  
 intimidate  | v. frighten; make timid; fill with fear  |  
 irate  | a. feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged  |  
 irrelevant  | a. not related to what is being discussed or considered and therefore not important; not applicable; having no connection with  |  
 legendary  | a. mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned  |  
 liaison  | n. close relationship, connection, or link; secret love affair  |  
 libel  | n. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character  |  
 ludicrous  | a. laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense  |  
 mandatory  | a. obligatory; required or commanded by authority  |  
 mitigate  | v. make less severe or harsh; moderate  |  
 naive  | a. too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, lacking worldly experience  |  
 narrate  | v. to give an account or tell the story of  |  
 necessity  | n. the condition of being essential or indispensable  |  
 negligent  | a. careless; inattentive  |  
 obnoxious  | a. causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive  |  
 omit  | v. leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention  |  
 opposition  | n. condition of being in conflict; act of opposing something  |  
 oppress  | v. cause to suffer  |  
 perceive  | v. become aware of through the senses; detect  |  
 persuasive  | a. capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief  |  
 prediction  | n. something foretold or predicted; prophecy  |  
 prominent  | a. very well known and important; immediately noticeable  |  
 prospective  | a. expected or expecting to be something particular in the future  |  
 punctual  | a. happening at the expected, correct time; not late  |  
 quote  | v. name the price of; state a price for securities, goods, or services  |  
 relinquish  | v. give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon  |  
 resolve  | v. make a firm decision about; find a solution to  |  
 rudimentary  | a. relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient  |  
 signify  | v. denote; mean; indicate  |  
 sovereign  | a. having supreme rank or power; self governing; excellent; independent  |  
 suspense  | n. uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty  |  
 talisman  | n. charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power  |  
 tentative  | a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive  |  
 toxic  | a. poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison  |  
 treason  | n. disloyalty; betrayal of trust or confidence  |  
 viewpoint  | n. a place from where a person can see something, as natural beauty  |  
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