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7th Grade (2016-2017) > Spelling Lists 1-5 > Flashcards

Spelling Lists 1-5 Flashcards

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Spelling lesson 1

conspire

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v.
Definition:
To plan and do something bad and evil.
Sentence:
The criminals who conspired a terror were caught by the police.
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paternity

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n.
Definition:
A state of someone to being someone’s father.
Sentence:
There was a perfect proof for the paternity of the child, but he still didn’t accepted that.

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compensate

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v.
Definition:
To reward or make up someone’s damages or injuries
Sentence:
He compensated many money to the victims by the car crush.

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acumen

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n.
Definition:
A shrewdness in doing something.
Sentence:
He has a good acumen in design uniforms.
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bemoan

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v.
Definition:
To express own distress or irritation to other people.
Sentence:
I bemoaned by my distress by my sister to my friends.

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deplore

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v.
Definition:
To regret something strongly or deeply.
Sentence:
I'm strongly deplore and be sad about this terror by I.S.
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reverence

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n.
Definition:
A state of deep respect with awe to someone or something.
Sentence:
People in Scandinavia reverenced the God of war, Odin.

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awry (adv)

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adv.
Definition:
With an unexpected turn or shift to the on side.
Sentence:
An argument usually can be changed awry to the irrlevant subject.

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flaunt

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v.
Definition:
To display something to others conspicuously.
Sentence:
After buy a golden watch, he flaunted it to every classmates.

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bestow

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v.
Definition:
To represent somthing to someone with the respect.
Sentence:
The police bestowed the reward to the person who saved many lives in the plane crush.

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Spelling lesson 4

Iconoclast

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n.

Definition: Person who think of their own ways.

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Harmonic

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adj.

Definition: sth related to the way that notes are played.

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Schism

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n.

Definition: strong disagreement within an organization.

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malignant

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adj.

Definition: sth that cannot be controlled and its likely to cause death.

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eloquent

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adj.

Definition: able to use language and express opinions.

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pacify

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v.

Definition: to make calm to sb that is angry.

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enigmatic

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adj.

Definition: mysterious and hard to understand.

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contingent

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n.

Definition: a group of people at a meeting.

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embellish

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v.

Definition: to make sth more beautiful by adding decoration.

20
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bewildered

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adj.

Definition: sb that is confused by sth.

21
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Spelling 5

demolish

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v.

Def: to completely destroy something
Government demolish people’s houses because of building public transportation.

22
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Spelling 5

insipid

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adj.

Def: without distinctive
Poor people have insipid life every day.

23
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Spelling 5

brazen

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adj.

Def: behaving in an immoral way without being embarrassed or ashamed
He killed people very brazen on street

24
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Spelling 5

principle

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n.

Def: a moral rule or set of ideas which makes you behave in a moral way
Chinese school teaches students the principle in the life.

25
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Spelling 5

haven

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n.

Def: a place where people feel safe and happy
Haven during the war is the best place for people to live.

26
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Spelling 5

emphasis

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n.

Def: A special importance that is given to one part
The empasis for debate is to persuade the judge.

27
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Spelling 5

plateau

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n.

Def: a large area of flat area that is higher than the land around it
The Tibetan plateau is a place that u go in and will never come out.

28
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Spelling 5

smitten

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adj.

Def: suddenly fall in love with something
She is always smitten on cute things.

29
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Spelling 5

swivel

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v.

Def: to turn around while staying in the sam place
The magician swivel to change costums.

30
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Spelling 5

mutton

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n.

Def: meat from a sheep
People from plateau usually eats muttons.

31
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spelling list 2

Austere

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adj.

Austere is severely simple.

32
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Patriarchal

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adj.

Patriarchal is a characteristic of a man who is older or higher rank.

33
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Established

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Established describes something that is suring,or been good to use.

34
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Tenant

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n.

Tenant is the real owner when you want to hire a house from him.

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Wrath

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n.

Wrath is an intense anger.

36
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Ensuing

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adj.

Ensuing is to describe something happened next.

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Abridged

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adj.

Abridged describes something has been deleted.

38
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Recluse

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n.

Recluse is one who lives in solitude.

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Reclusive

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adj.

Reclusive describes something is very remote.

40
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Admit

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v.

Admit is to acknowledge something.

7th Grade (2016-2017) (5 decks)

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