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SPELLING AND VOCABULARY LISTS

7th Grade English

These lists will be used throughout the year. Assignments and quizzes for spelling and grammar will typically be due on Thursdays. Bold indicates vocabulary words LIST 1 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY 7th Grade English Latin/Greek word Meaning Vocabulary Words ab [L] away from abnormal ab [L] away from absent ad [L] to, forward advocate ad [L] to, forward advance Spelling List 1. ABNORMAL 2. ABSENT 3. ADVOCATE 4. ADVANCE 5. ACHIEVEMENT 6. ADDRESS 7. ANALYSIS 8. ANONYMOUS 9. ARGUMENT 10. BEGINNING 11. BUSINESS 12. COLLEGE 13. CONSCIENCE 14. CONTROL LIST 2 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning amo [L] love amo [L] love audio [L] hear audio [L] hear Spelling List 1. AMIABLE 2. AMITY 3. AUDIENCE 4. CRITICISM 5. DEFINITE 6. DESCRIPTION 7. DESPISE 8. DOESN’T 9. ENVIRONMENT 10. EXCELLENT 11. EXISTENCE 12. INAUDIBLE

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words amiable amity audience inaudible

LIST 3 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning auto [L] self auto [L] self bene [L] good/well bene [L] good/well

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words automobile autocrat beneficial benefit

Spelling List 1. AUTOMOBILE 2. AUTOCRAT 3. BENEFICIAL 4. BENEFIT 5. GRAMMAR 6. HYPOCRISY 7. IMMEDIATELY 8. INTERPRET 9. KNOWLEDGE 10. LIEUTENANT 11. MEDIEVAL 12. MUSCLE

LIST 4 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning circum [L] around circum [L] around celer [L] swift celer [L] swift Spelling List 1. ACCELERATE 2. CELERITY 3. CIRCULATE 4. CIRCUMFERENCE 5. MUSCULAR 6. OCCASIONALLY 7. OFFENSE 8. PARTICULARLY 9. PERSUADE 10. POLITICIAN 11. PREJUDICE 12. PROBABLY

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words circulate circumference accelerate celerity

LIST 5 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning chronos [L] time chronos [L] time cresco [L] grow cresco [L] grow

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words chronological chronicle increase decrease

Spelling List 1. CHRONOLOGICAL 2. CHRONICLE 3. DECREASE 4. INCREASE 5. RECOGNIZE 6. REMEMBRANCE 7. RESPONSIBILITY 8. RHYME 9. SACRIFICE 10. SCHOLAR 11. SHEPHERD 12. SINCERELY

LIST 6 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning cum [L] with cum [L] with curro [L] run curro [L] run Spelling List 1. ACCOMMODATE 2. ACHIEVEMENT 3. ADDRESS 4. COMPOSE 5. CURRENT 6. CURSIVE 7. SPONSOR 8. SUCCEED 9. TENDENCY 10. THOROUGH 11. TRULY 12. WRITTEN

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words compose accommodate current cursive

LIST 7 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning demos [G] people demos [G] people erro [L] wander, stray erro [L] wander, stray

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words democracy epidemic error erratic

Spelling List 1. ANALYSIS 2. ANONYMOUS 3. ARGUMENT 4. BEGINNING 5. BUSINESS 6. COLLEGE 7. DEMOCRACY 8. DEMOCRAT 9. DEMOGRAPHICS 10. EPIDEMIC 11. ERROR 12. ERRATIC

LIST 8 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning Vocabulary Words ex [L] from, out of ex [L] from, out of extra [L] outside extra [L] outside Spelling List 1. CONSCIENCE 2. CONTROL 3. CRITICISM 4. EXCLAIM 5. EXIT 6. EXPLOSION 7. EXHAUST 8. EXHALE 9. EXTRACURRICULAR 10. EXTRAVAGANT 11. EXTRAORDINARY 12. DEFINITE

7th Grade English exclaim exhaust extravagant extraordinary

LIST 9 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning Vocabulary Words fragilis [L] breakable fragilis [L] breakable finis [L] end finis [L] end

7th Grade English fragile fragment finality finale

Spelling List 1. DESCRIPTION 2. DESPISE 3. DOESN’T 4. ENVIRONMENT 5. EXCELLENT 6. EXISTENCE 7. FRAGILE 8. FRAGMENT 9. FRAIL 10. FINALITY 11. FINALE 12. FINISH

LIST 10 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word homos [G] homos [G] hyper [G] hyper [G]

Meaning Vocabulary Words same same over, beyond over, beyond

Spelling List 1. GRAMMAR 2. HYPOCRISY 3. IMMEDIATELY 4. HOMOGENEOUS 5. HOMONYM 6. HOMOPHONE 7. HYPERACTIVE 8. HYPERTENSION 9. HYPERVENTILATE 10. INTERPRET 11. KNOWLEDGE 12. LIEUTENANT

7th Grade English

homogeneous homonym hyperactive hypertension

LIST 11 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning jacio [L] throw jacio [L] throw judex [L] a judge judex [L] a judge

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words dejected interject prejudice judge

Spelling List 1. DEJECTED 2. EJECT 3. INJECT 4. INTERJECT 5. JUDGE 6. MIDIEVAL 7. MUSCLE 8. MUSCULAR 9. OCCASIONALLY 10. PREJUDICE 11. PROJECT 12. TRAJECTORY

LIST 12 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning Vocabulary Words juro [L] swear (as in promise) jury juro [L] swear (as in promise) perjury malus [L] bad malady malus [L] bad malice Spelling List 1. DISMAL 2. JURY 3. MALADY 4. MALICE 5. MALADJUSTED 6. OFFENSE 7. PERSUADE 8. POLITICIAN 9. PROBABLY 10. PERJURY 11. RECOGNIZE 12. REMEMBRANCE

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LIST 13 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning manus [L] hand manus [L] hand neos [L] new neos [L] new

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words manufacture manuscript neophyte neonatal

Spelling List 1. MANUAL 2. MANUFACTURE 3. MANICURE 4. MANUSCRIPT 5. NEONATAL 6. NEOPHYTE 7. RESPONSIBILITY 8. RHYME 9. SACRIFICE 10. SCHOLAR 11. SHEPHERD 12. SINCERELY

LIST 14 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning pan [G] all pan [G] all pedis [L] foot pedis [L] foot Spelling List 1. BIPED 2. ORTHOPEDICS 3. PANORAMA 4. PANACEA 5. PANDEMIC 6. PANTHEIST 7. PEDAL 8. SPONSOR 9. SUCCEED 10. SURPRISE 11. TENDENCY 12. THOROUGH

7th Grade English Vocabulary Words panorama panacea pedal biped

LIST 15 SPELLING AND VOCABULARY Latin/Greek word Meaning Vocabulary Words polis [G] city polis [G] city pro [L] before, for pro [L] before, for Spelling List 1. METROPOLIS 2. POLICY 3. POLICE 4. POLITICS 5. PROCEED 6. PROPOSE 7. PRODIGY 8. TRULY 9. WOMEN 10. WRITTEN 11. ABNORMAL 12. ADVOCATE

7th Grade English metropolis policy proceed propose