7th Grade Unit 10 Vocabulary

to continue despite difficulty

• persist

• poised

• sequel

• tragedy

calm; collected; self-possessed

• urgent

• tragedy

• sequel

• poised

something that follows; continuation; consequence; outcome

• wince

• sequel

• persist

• urgent

an event causing great suffering; a disaster

• yearn

• wince

• tragedy

• urgent

requiring immediate action or attention

• acknowledge

• yearn

• urgent

• bleak

to flinch in anticipation of pain

• wince

• tragedy

• bleak

• detach

to desire strongly

• detach

• yearn

• bleak

• casualty

recognize; admit

• acknowledge

• casualty

• bleak

• anonymous

unknown; nameless

• wince

• anonymous

• casualty

• detach

bare, dreary, dismal

• bleak

• yearn

• wince

• detach