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LAVoc7-11
7th Grade Language Arts Vocabulary Unit 11
Question | Answer |
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appoint | to name or a position |
bitterly | in a manner characterized by hatred or resentment |
campaign | actions undertaken to achieve a political, social, or financial goal |
correspond | to exchange letters |
decency | proper behavior; socially proper actions |
dispose | to deal with; get rid of; eliminate |
engagement | an encounter between opposing forces; an appointment; a pledge to marry |
institution | an established law, practice, or custom; an organization; the building housing such an organization |
mortal | very intense; subject to death; human; a human being |
oust | to force out; expel |
parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equally distant; on the same line as; something equal or similar in all important details |
percussion | the hitting of one object against another; a musical instrument that produces sound by being struck, such as a drum |
practical | useful; realistic |
repercussion | aftereffect of an action or event; result; consequence |
resign | to give up deliberately |
snipe | to attack slyly; to shoot at from a hiding place |
suite | a matched set of furniture; a series of connecting rooms |
sympathy | feeling of sorrow for another person's situation |
token | slight; symbolic; done as an indication or a pledge; an outward sign or expression; a small metal object used in place of a coin |
wage | money paid for work done; to take part in or carry on |