7th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 9
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| conservation | The intentional preservation or protection of something. | Water conservation is extremely important for plants and animals in the desert. | maintenance, safekeeping, stewardship | destruction, extinction, eradication | Noun |
| parry | To evade a blow. | When boxers warm up, they lightly jab and parry with their opponent. | deflect, block bypass | allow, encounter, invite | Verb |
| equidistant | Equally distant between two or more points. | In football, the 50-yard line is equidistant between the goal lines at the 0 and 100-yard lines. | centered, halfway, middle | lopsided, asymmetrical, unequal | Adjective |
| lilt | A distinguishable pleasant intonation in one's voice. | The nurse always had a kind lilt in her voice when talking with very young children. | modulation, pitch, accent | monotone, irregularity | Noun |
| revelation | The act of making something known that was otherwise unknown. | The revelation that a new car was too expensive forced the teenager to buy a used car instead. | enlightenment, discovery, epiphany | concealment, secret, confusion | Noun |
| affable | A friendly and pleasant manner. | The affable mayor seemed to get along with everyone in town. | genial, sociable, amicable | aloof, irritable, rude | Adjective |
| meditate | To focus one's mind with the goal of a calm state of being. | The monk set aside an hour each evening to meditate and silently reflect on his day. | reflect, concentrate, pray | celebrate, jubilate, socialize | Verb |
| implausible | Not likely to be true or reasonable. | It was highly implausible that the dog had eaten the student's homework. | impossible, improbable, farfetched | believable, credible, realistic | Adjective |
| verity | A statement or belief accepted to be true. | The U.S. Constitution upholds the verity of justice for all. | accuracy, truth, veracity | falsehood, fallacy, untruth | Noun |
| repress | To prevent the expression of something or someone. | The dictator sought to repress negative news about the government. | stifle, subdue, restrain | release, liberate, allow | Verb |
| glorification | The act of bestowing praise or admiration. | The group fought against the glorification of violence in movies. | exaltation, adoration, veneration | criticism, dishonor, contempt | Noun |
| inception | The very instance of a beginning. | Since the scholarship program's inception, thousands of students have been able to go to college. | commencement, genesis, birth | conclusion, completion, death | Noun |
| provincial | Relating to something simple, plain, or informal. | The local artist was known for his provincial themes of countryside landscapes. | rural, local, rustic | metropolitan, urban, modern | Adjective |
| unify | To join two or more things together. | The politician was able to unify the party. | merge, combine, consolidate | divide, separate, divorce | Verb |
| evidently | Something that can be clearly observed or understood. | After falling, he walked limply to the nurse's office, evidently in pain. | obviously, apparently, plainly | unlikely, doubtfully, improbably | Adverb |
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