7th Vocab: Definitions ("The Party" packet)

What does "abode" mean?

• A formal speech

• A place where someone lives

• To beg or plead

• To take apart

To admit something is real or true.

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To "agitate" someone means to...

• Make them calm and relaxed

• Make them feel troubled or nervous

• Give them a compliment

• Make them feel annoyed and angry

Which word describes something gloomy or depressing?

• Dismal

• Hospitable

• Perturb

• Intensify

If you "dismantle" something, you...

• Take it apart

• Put it back together

• Strengthen it

• Protect it

Someone who is "hospitable" is...

• Friendly and welcoming to guests

• Neglectful and careless

• A hospital patient

• Angry and aggressive

If you "implore" someone, you are...

• Speaking to them casually

• Begging or pleading with them

• Teaching them a new skill

• Ignoring them completely

What does it mean to "intensify" something?

• To make it weaker

• To make it stronger or more extreme

• To clean and organize it

• To dismantle it completely

If you are "inundated" with something, you are...

• Overwhelmed or flooded with it

• Completely ignoring it

• Carefully managing it

• Taking it apart piece by piece

A "negligent" person is someone who...

• Pays careful attention to details

• Is very responsible and reliable

• Fails to take proper care of things

• Loves to speak in public