Vocabulary Grade 7 — Set 1: In Context flashcards
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The council expected support for the new parking garage, but the crowd at the meeting was openly ______ toward the project and booed every slide.hostileCharacter & Behavior
Being strongly against a plan, enough to boo it, is the clue. Doubtful would only mean unsure, and aggressive is about being ready to attack, not opposing an idea. -
With the boat's engine dead and the storm getting closer, the sailors grew ______ enough to tear up their own shirts to make a sail.desperateFeelings & Attitudes
A very bad situation makes them willing to try anything. Distressed means only very upset or worried; it doesn't explain the wild plan. -
The bakery's whole ______ fits on a sign by the door: use local flour, waste nothing, and give leftover bread to the shelter each night.philosophyThinking & Knowing
The beliefs the bakery lives by, listed on its sign, are its philosophy. A principle is one belief, and the sign lists several under one "whole." -
Jamal says "What's up?" to friends, but at his aunt's dental office he answers the phone in a polite, ______ way, starting with "Good afternoon" and the office name.formalSpeaking & Arguing
The contrast with a casual "What's up?" points to serious, polite business language. Gracious is about kindness and generosity, not a style that isn't casual. -
With the old bridge close to collapse, repairing it became the town's first ______, coming before the new park and the library roof.priorityActions & Effort
Fixing the bridge jumps ahead of the park and the library roof on the town's to-do list, so it is the first priority. A burden is a heavy duty, but it says nothing about coming before the park. -
When the geese hissed and spread their wings, the picnickers began to ______ slowly toward their car, never turning their backs on the birds.retreatChange & Growth
Backing away when facing danger is retreating. Dawdle means poking along for no good reason, but they move carefully because they're afraid. -
Before the first lesson I had never even held a guitar, so I was an ______ beginner who couldn't tune a single string.absoluteSize & Amount
Never having held a guitar makes me a complete beginner. Insecure would mean not confident, but the sentence is about how little I knew, not how I felt. -
Counting is ______ to math, since every later skill, from adding to algebra, is built on top of it.fundamentalQuality & Judgment
"Built on top of it" makes counting the base of math.
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In a pond, algae make their own food from sunlight, but a tadpole is a ______, since it must eat the algae to live.consumerSociety & Power
In science, an eater of other living things is a consumer. The algae, which make their own food, are producers. -
Our moon takes about twenty-seven days to ______ Earth once, traveling in a huge loop around our planet.orbitNature & Time
Traveling around another object is orbiting it. Rotate means spinning in place like a top, as Earth does each day.
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