Roots Vocabulary 7th Grade Harper Semester 1 Final

Bas, Bass, Base

Basic, basement, contrabass

Liam led Sarah down the stairs into a basement that looked more like a dungeon.

• To Make

• True

• Low

• Able to

• Not

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

tent, tens, tend, tenu

tension, tenacious, retentive, tentative, contend, pretend

If your schedule permits, let's tentatively plan on meeting tomorrow at 2:00 pm.

• true

• hold, stretch, thin

• touch

• love

• of or relating to

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Vers, vert, verg

reverse, universe, versatile, introvert, diverse, vertical, controversy

If only she could reverse this day and start over.

• Opposite from away

• Conceal

• Say, tell, word

• Smoke, vapor

• Turn, bend

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

A-, ab-, abs-

Absent, abstain,asocial, atypical

Steve was absent because he went snowboarding.

• Without

• Master

• Away, from

• Contact

• One

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

re-

reverse, reintroduce, repeat

He sat against a bush and caught his breath, waiting for a repeat performance.

• Race, nation

• Away, from

• Again, back

• Contact

• Before

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

-ment

basement, tenement, acknowledgment, indictment

The winner of the spelling bee received a gift, as well as an acknowledgment in the local newspaper.

• take, seize

• to make

• able to

• conceal

• action, result

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

-less

baseless, thoughtless, ageless

Buying the same type of present each year does not only get boring but also can make you seem thoughtless.

• without, lacking

• war

• strong

• whole unbroken

• of or relating to

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

cap, capt

captive, capable

Our eyes are capable of seeing only a narrow spectrum of light.

• ill, bad

• take, seize

• low

• out, from forth

• away

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

vinc

convince, invincible

The team proved it was not invincible when it lost the last game of the season.

• format

• conquer

• one

• perform

• sun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

funct

function, defunct

Tom needs at least nine hours of sleep every night or he can't function at school.

• Strong

• True

• Into

• Contest, struggle

• Perform

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A