7th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 16
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| encountered | To meet, particularly by chance. | As he walked through the forest, he encountered a beautiful waterfall. | experience, meet, come across | dodge, avoid, evade | Verb |
| broaden | To become wider. | Reading books from different genres can help to broaden your understanding of the world. | extend, enlarge, expand | diminish, narrow, lessen | Verb |
| secluded | Referring to something quiet or private, especially a place. | The cabin in the woods was secluded, with no neighbors in sight. | isolated, sheltered, remote | inhabited, populated, public | Adjective |
| unnerved | To make someone feel nervous or intimidated. | The thunderstorm unnerved the boy, causing him to hide. | upset, daunt, disconcert | sooth, comfort, placate | Adjective |
| encore | To provide an additional short performance as demanded by an adoring audience. | The audience begged for an encore, and the band happily obliged. | repeat, reappearance, afterpiece | finale, conclusion, summation | Noun |
| commotion | An agitated or confusing disturbance. | The commotion in the lunchroom made it difficult to hear anything. | clamor, uproar, hubbub | harmony, order, peace | Noun |
| cessation | When something ends. | The cessation of the music signaled the end of the concert. | stoppage, freeze, discontinuance | continuation, commencement, beginning | Noun |
| humiliation | A feeling of embarrassment. | The humiliation of losing three elections eventually caused the candidate to stop running for office. | degradation, indignity, shame | esteem, honor, respect | Noun |
| hunch | A strong intuitive feeling. | She had a hunch that her best friend was hiding something from her. | idea, instinct, premonition | knowledge, proof, reason | Noun |
| shirk | To avoid fulfilling your obligations. | The woman tended to shirk her work responsibilities when her friends visited. | avoid, eschew, slack | achieve, fulfill, accomplish | Verb |
| obscurity | The state of being unknown or forgotten about. | Public pay phones have faded into obscurity due to the rise of cell phones. | vagueness, darkness, ambiguity | certainty, limelight, anonymity | Noun |
| fickle | Referring to something that changes frequently or without reason. | The fickle toddler was challenging to cook for as his tastes seemed to vary daily. | vacillating, flighty, temperamental | steady, stable, reliable | Adjective |
| pined | To intensely yearn for. | The elderly ballet dancer pined for the days of her youth when she was in her prime. | want, long, ache | dislike, avoid, loathe | Verb |
| concentrate | To give all of your attention to something. | She tried to concentrate on her homework while the neighbors played loud music. | focus, fixate, think | confuse, ignore, forget | Verb |
| dissolution | The act of officially ending a partnership or business arrangement. | The dissolution of parliament marked the end of an era. | separation, disintegration, divorce | connection, unification, creation | Noun |
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