7th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 13
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subjective | Based on personal preference rather than fact. | People's opinions about art are often subjective. | biased, intuitive, partisan | objective, neutral, unbiased | Adjective |
| liberated | To free from an oppressive situation. | In WWII, the U.S. liberated France when it defeated the Germans. | emancipate, rescue, save | enslave, imprison, subjugate | Verb |
| sanction | To provide explicit approval. | The military does not sanction any lawless actions by its troops. | authorize, permit, endorse | deny, reject, veto | Verb |
| inertia | Lack of motion. | The inertia of the city to fix potholes made residents angry. | apathy, laziness, sluggishness, | Noun | |
| spitefully | To be full of resentment when doing something. | The secretary spitefully refused to run any errands for the boss. | angrily, vindictively, maliciously | kindly, lovingly, generously | Adverb |
| acquiesce | To reluctantly agree. | The politicians needed to acquiesce to the union's demands because their votes were required. | accede, comply, concur | oppose, dispute, dissent | Verb |
| mellow | To be in a soft or calm state. | Grandad picked a mellow old hound from the shelter. | relaxing, soothing, sweet | harsh, rough, hard | Adjective |
| exaltation | The act of promotion or high praise. | The exaltation of the king was typical for each anniversary celebration of his rule. | glorification, elevation, aggrandizement | condemnation, disapproval, scorn | Noun |
| validity | The state of being officially acceptable. | By proving the validity of the collector's card collection, he was able to sell it for a million dollars. | truthfulness, accuracy, legitimacy | unreliability, deceitfulness, deception | Noun |
| repulsive | To be disgusting or offensive. | No one could eat the repulsive meal cooked by the novice chef. | distasteful, hideous, revolting | magnetic, beautiful, attractive | Adjective |
| miraculous | Extremely lucky or unlikely to have occurred. | The cat's miraculous recovery made front-page news in the small town. | wondrous, inexplicable, phenomenal | mundane, expected, ordinary | Adjective |
| detached | Standing separately, often in reference to emotional separation. | The detached garage forced the homeowners to walk in the rain after parking their cars. | isolated, removed, disconnected | connected, united, engaged | Adjective |
| variation | Having diversity or variety. | There is a lot of variation among home styles in the city. | change, deviation, disparity | likeness, sameness, regularity | Noun |
| destitute | The state of having no money or possessions. | After the factories closed down, the city became destitute. | poverty, pauperism, bankruptcy | abundance, wealth, affluence | Noun |
| apportioning | The act of dividing something up. | The school board spent the summer apportioning monies to each school in the district. | distributing, circulating, disseminating | combining, gathering, uniting | Verb |
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