7th Grade Vocabulary Review Game

Empathy

• feeling of concern at someone else's misfortune

• the main idea of a text

• a conclusion reached through evidence and reasoning

• the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Gist

• the main idea of a speech or text

• extremely tiring or demanding

• text-based evidence

• a conclusion reached through evidence and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Suddenly or unexpectedly

• veer

• abruptly

• gingerly

• inference

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Solemn

• dull and repetitious

• dired out with heat; extremely thirsty

• formal and serious

• in a careful or cautious manner

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Perspective

• floating without being steered; off course

• the customs, arts, social institutions, and other achievements of a certain group of people

• a place to eat or drink

• a point or view or outlook

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Refugee

• the arts, customs, and achievements of a particular group of people

• a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

• the main idea of a text or speech

• an instance of buying or selling something

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Ajar

• possibly, not definitely

• feeling or showing a hopeless sense

• (of a door or other opening) slightly open

• to cause to continue or be prolonged

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Earnestly

• sincerely and honestly

• possibly, not definitely

• in a reluctant or resentful manner

• to move around restlessly and stealthily

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Makeshift

• a very large quantity of something

• serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for the time being

• mainly, for the most part

• to create difficulties for someone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Sustain

• a distinctive, typically pleasant smell

• in a reluctant or resentful manner

• to continue or be prolonged

• customary, usual

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C