7th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 21

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Word Definition Practice Sentence Synonyms Antonyms Part of Speech Description
travail A lot of effort or toil. After much travail, he finally finished the project on time. struggle, trial, tribulation contentment, pleasure, happiness Noun
wondrous A feeling of marvel. The sights and sounds of the city were wondrous to behold. extraordinary, amazing, fascinating boring, ordinary, expected Adjective
stunning Extremely impressive. The stunning sunset took everyone's breath away. dazzling, beautiful, marvelous homely, typical, insignificant Adjective
interpolation The act of inserting something rather spontaneously. (e.g., inserting a remark into a conversation) He made an interpolation in his speech to address the new developments. infusion, injection, interjection deletion, aside, deviation Noun
immobile Not moving. The boulder appeared immobile, but with enough effort it could be rolled away. motionless, static, stationary mobile, movable, transitory Adjective
conviction A strong belief in something. Her conviction that she was right never wavered, even in the face of strong opposition. opinion, principle, view doubt, disbelief, distrust Noun
evade To get away from. He tried to evade the question by changing the subject. avoid, escape, flee confront, encounter, face Verb
oracle A person that gives valuable advice. She consulted the oracle to find out what the future held. prophet, visionary, seer Noun
jeering To be loud, rude, and mock another person or group of people. The jeering crowd began to annoy the baseball players. taunting, deriding, ridiculing complementing, flattering, praising Adjective
proficient Of competent ability. She was proficient in three languages, which made her a valuable asset. skilled, able, accomplished inept, inexperienced, unskilled Adjective
overtly In an obvious way. He was overtly rude to the waiter, causing embarrassment to his companions. clearly, openly, apparently deceitfully, deviously, sneakily Adverb
fiasco A complete failure. The party was a fiasco, with insufficient food or entertainment for the guests. catastrophe, disaster, debacle achievement, triumph, accomplishment Noun
enhance To further improve the quality or value of something. The chef added herbs to enhance the flavor of the dish. heighten, strengthen, upgrade diminish, subtract, reduce Verb
pinnacle The most important or successful part of something. Reaching the pinnacle of success in his field was his lifelong goal. crest, apex, peak bottom, base, low point Noun
correlation A connection between two things so that when one thing changes, so does the other in a similar way. There is a strong correlation between exercise and good health. parallel, equivalence, interaction disconnection, disassociation, imbalance Noun

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