7th Grade January Word Work

Big hearted, generous, giving

• agile
• circumvent
• mangnanimous
• Nongrinchy

Able to move quickly and easily

• marathon
• agile
• taciturn
• circumvent

Make a circle around, stop something

• circumference
• taciturn
• circumvent
• circle

Usually silent, not inclined to talk

• tacicturn
• onomatopeia
• magnanimous
• alliteration

Communicate, to make understandable

• evaluate
• compare
• convey
• predict

To judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of

• contrast
• evaluate
• identify
• analysis

Using what you know to draw a conclusion about what may happen in the future

• predict
• inference
• evaluate
• convey

Recognize, pick or name

• Identify
• compare
• conclude
• predict

To treat gently and carefully

• Handle with Kid Gloves
• Dressed to the Nines
• Chew the Fat
• Hold your Horses

To have an argument to settle with someone

• Hit the Hay
• Have a bone to pick with you
• Burn the midnight oil
• Chew the Fat