First Six Weeks
This 6 Weeks, students will begin reading The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster.
Week 5 Vocabulary Seventh Grade 1. admonish- (verb) warn strongly; put on guard 2. banish- (verb) expel, as if by official decree 3. beret- (noun) a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth 4. brandish- (verb) move or swing back and forth 5. complex- (adj) complicated in structure 6. confide- (verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially 7. console- (verb) give moral or emotional strength to 8. desolate- (adj) providing no shelter or sustenance 9. famine- (noun) a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death 10. immense- (adj) unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope 11. knickers- (pl. noun) underpants worn by women 12. magnitude- (adj) the property of relative size or extent 13. nuisance- (noun) anything that disturbs, endangers life, or is offensive 14. pine- (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present 15. pungent- (adj) strong and sharp 16. recite- (verb) repeat aloud from memory 17. savory- (adj) pleasing to the sense of taste 18. stalactite- (noun) a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave 19. strenuous- (adj) taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance 20. vigorously- (adverb) in an energetic manner |