7th grade vocab list 6

aghast

• highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent if explosive; changing readily from the

  liquid to the gaseous state

• to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully

  a feeling of contempt

• filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror

• crafty dealings, underhanded plotting

  to form or carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity

apparition

• common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class

  a common person, member of the lower class

• a ghost or ghostly figure an unexplained or unusual appearance

• an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice

• humorous, not meant seriously

assert

• to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully

  a feeling of contempt

• highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent if explosive; changing readily from the

  liquid to the gaseous state

• nearness, closeness

• to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

commemorate

• to call to a remembrance; to recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a

  ceremony

• without restraint or control; unselective

• filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror

• nearness, closeness

cower

• common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class

  a common person, member of the lower class

• to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

• humorous, not meant seriously

• to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into

  fragments)

disdain

• that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or

  made earlier

• not able to be heard

• to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully

  a feeling of contempt

• highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent if explosive; changing readily from the

  liquid to the gaseous state

epitaph

• appearing true, reasonable, or fair

• a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone

• to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

• humorous, not meant seriously

ethical

• wastefully extravagant; lavishly or gene

• crafty dealings, underhanded plotting

  to form or carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity

• to call to a remembrance; to recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a

  ceremony

• having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right

  conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase

facetious

• to call to a remembrance; to recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a

  ceremony

• crafty dealings, underhanded plotting

  to form or carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity

• to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

• to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into

  fragments)

inaudible

• to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

• without restraint or control; unselective

• not able to be heard

• appearing true, reasonable, or fair