7th Grade Chapter 6 Vocabulary

nearly correct; (verb) to come near to

• phobia

• unfurl

• helm

• approximate

She didn't mean it: it was a ______

• operate

• phobia

• bluff

• facile

Be careful not to _____ the boat.

• inflate

• capsize

• approximate

• facile

to take or seize private property, usually as a penalty

• confiscate

• refer

• lagoon

• helm

a current of water or air moving in a motion different from the common flow, often in a circle; 2. a whirlwind or whirlpool

• inflate

• confiscate

• eddy

• treacherous

done with little difficulty or effort; easy

• facile

• unfurl

• inclement

• squall

Old Coach Grayson was still at the _____ and probably always would be.

• coexist

• capsize

• unfurl

• helm

a motorboat that skims the top of the water at high speeds; (verb) 1. to drive a hydroplane; 2. to lose control in a vehicle by skimming along the surface of a wet road

• lagoon

• obituary

• hydroplane

• surge

severe, turbulent, rough

• inclement

• helm

• predicament

• bluff

to fill with air or gas; 2. to expand or swell unnaturally or by force

• inflate

• phobia

• helm

• inclement