Grade 7: Unit 1: Vocabulary from Readings 2

This list covers Exploring the Titanic, An American Childhood, and The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.
24 words 5 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. prophecy
    knowledge of the future, as from a divine source
  2. accommodation
    living quarters provided for public convenience
  3. adjoin
    lie next to another or share a boundary
  4. indefinitely
    to an unknown extent
  5. moderate
    being within reasonable or average limits
  6. novelty
    originality by virtue of being refreshingly new
  7. feverish
    marked by intense agitation or emotion
  8. ghastly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  9. revert
    go back to a previous state
  10. spherical
    having the shape of a ball
  11. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  12. improvise
    manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
  13. simultaneously
    at the same instant
  14. perfunctorily
    in a set manner without serious attention
  15. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  16. righteous
    morally justified
  17. assent
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
  18. optimistic
    emphasizing or displaying the positive
  19. defiant
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
  20. antagonism
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  21. revelation
    an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
  22. incriminate
    suggest that someone is guilty
  23. contort
    twist and press out of shape
  24. converge
    move or draw together at a certain location
Created on Thu May 13 13:17:01 EDT 2021 (updated Mon May 17 17:00:33 EDT 2021)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.