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7th Grade Vocabulary Dictionary

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| |myth |noun |(Neutral) |

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|Definition: |

|An ancient story that explains how things came to be or why we do the things we do. |

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|Greek myths included gods and goddess, heroes, mortals and monsters. |

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|1) What myths do you know of? (Greek myths, other cultural myths?) |

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|2) Synonyms: ________________________________, ___________________________ |

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|3) Antonyms: ________________________________, ___________________________ |

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|4) Why do you think this picture is called “the beauty myth”? |

5) Choose one of the pictures below and write a caption using the word “myth.”

Circle one Picture 1 Picture 2

Caption: __________________________________________________________________________

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| |tumult |noun |- |

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|Definition: |

|1) a confused, noisy situation (a commotion) |

|2) a state of mental confusion or turmoil |

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|1) Related words (ex: passionate ( passion) ______________________________________________ |

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|2) Synonyms: _______________________________________________________________________ |

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|3) The whole country is in tumult when….________________________________________________ |

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|4) Her brain was filled with anger and tumult when…_______________________________________ |

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|5) Describe a time when there is a lot of tumult (ex: school, home, sports, etc) ___________________ |

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|6) Create a caption, describing the scene below, with the word “tumult.” |

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|83 |petty | | |

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|Definition: |

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|1) not important, minor (when describing a thing) |

|2) unkind, caring too much about small, unimportant things (when describing a person) |

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|1) Antonym ___________________________ |

|2) Why might you describe someone as “petty”? ___________________________________________ |

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|3) Mr. Smith was arrested for the petty crime of ___________________________________________ |

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|4) Which Greek god or other literary character can be described as “petty”? Why? How do they act? |

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|5) Finish the dialogue! |

|Claire: “How can you be so petty?” |

|Nancy: “Me…petty! You’re the one who is __________________________________________ |

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| |Vengeance |noun |- |

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|Definition: |

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|revenge or a harmful action to punish someone |

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|1) Connections (books or movies)? ______________________________________________________ |

|2) He had a desire for vengeance when his brother __________________________________________ |

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|3) When might you want to seek vengeance? ______________________________________________ |

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|4) Would it make sense to say “I’m sad, so I’m going to seek vengeance against you”? Why or why not? |

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|__________________________________________________________________________________5) It’s an expression to say “with a vengeance,” which means “with |

|great violence or force.” |

|Rephrase this sentence using your own words: December has turned cold with a vengeance. |

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|6) Complete one of the following activities: |

|1. Write a sentence with the word. (Bad example = The boy was malicious. Good example = The boy was malicious because he liked to spread rumors and |

|make people cry. |

|2. Draw a picture and provide a caption that shows meaning of the word. |

|3. Write words you associate with the vocab word and explain why you associate the words together. |

|4. Write down examples or non-examples of the word and explain why it’s an example or non-example. |

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|85 |hubris | | |

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|Definition: |

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|excessive pride or arrogance |

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|1) Antonym (opposite) __________________________ |

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|2) Which Greek gods have hubris? ______________________________________________________ |

|How do they act if they have hubris? __________________________________________________ |

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|3) How is this picture connected to the word “hubris”? |

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|4) Write a caption for the picture, using the word “hubris.” |

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|86 |domain | | |

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|Definition: |

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|An area that someone controls or rules |

1. Hades was “very jealous of his brothers and scarcely ever left his domain.”

What is a synonym for domain? __________________________________________________

2. In the Athene myth it writes, “This was Athene, the gray-eyed, the wide-browed. The manner of her birth gave her domain over intellectual activities.”

What is a synonym for domain? __________________________________________________

3. Draw a picture inspired by the word “domain” and write a caption below:

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|87 |adept |adj |+ |

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|Definition: |

|very skilled |

1. Demeter’s niece, Persephone, was adept at naming different types of flowers. What is a synonym for adept? ____________________________________

2. Antonym of adept: _______________________

3. Draw a picture inspired by the word “adept.” Write a caption and include “adept”!

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|88 |deft |adj |+ |

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|Definition: |

|quick and skillful |

1. What is the difference between adept and deft? __________________________________________

2. Why are these hands deft at typing?

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3. Finish the caption using the word “deft”:

The protégé was ____________________________________________

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|89 |tirade | | |

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|Definition: |

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|a long angry or violent speech |

1. Finish the sentence using “tirade.”

When Hades kidnapped Persephone, he tried to make her happy by giving her gifts of jewelry and gold; but, she stamped her foot, put her hands on her hips and ________________________________

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2. Write a caption and include “tirade.” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Finish the sentence using “tirade.”

Mr. Coleman called me into his office and unleashed a long, angry tirade about __________________

__________________________________________________________________________________4. Draw a picture inspired by the sentence above.

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|90 |desolation | | |

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|Definition: |

|An area that is uninhabited, lonely or dreary |

1. Finish the sentence using “desolation.”

Demeter, Persephone’s mother and goddess of the harvest, was heartbroken that her daughter was stuck in the underworld with Hades. She said “I suffer! And if I suffer then everyone else shall suffer too. For the months you spend with that scoundrel in the underworld, no grass will grow, no flowers will grow, __________________________________________________________________________

2. Circle ONE of the situations below. Then describe how it is an example of “desolation.”

a) a person is lost in the desert? b) the result of a tornado

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3. Synonyms: _______________________________________________________________________

4. Draw a picture inspired by the word “desolation.”

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|91 |precocious | | |

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|Definition: |

|being advanced or acting more mature than is normal for your age |

1. Describe a precocious person (from TV, movies, books, etc). How does he/she act that makes them precocious? _______________________________________________________________________

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2. Watch the commercials: Why are the babies precocious? What do they do that is precocious?

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3. Finish the sentence:

Beethoven was definitely precocious as a child because ____________________________________________________

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|92 |haughtily | | |

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|Definition: |

|proudly, arrogantly |

|(haughty- adj form) |

1. What is the part of speech and charge? Fill it in above.

2. Describe a situation in which it would make sense for someone to act haughtily: _______________

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3. How is the person in this sentence acting haughtily?

“How haughtily he lifts his nose, to tell what every schoolboy knows.” -Jonathan Swift

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4. Choose one of the images below and write a caption, using the word “haughty” or “haughtily” (make sure you’re paying attention to parts of speech).

Image 1 Image 2

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|93 |Narcissistic | | |

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|Definition: |

|obsessed by your appearance and abilities, spending too much time admiring them |

1. Describe a person (from a book, TV show, reality TV, or movie) who is narcissistic:

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2. Synonyms: ____________________________ 3. Antonyms: ______________________________

4a) What is “a narcissist”? _____________________________________________________________

b) What part of speech is “narcissist” ____________________

5. Choose one of the images below. Explain how the image relates to the word “narcissistic.”

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Image 1 Image 2

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|94 |mortal | | |

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|Definition: |

|Mortal = people who eventually die (a human) |

|Immortal = people who live forever (a god) |

1. What proved that Hephaestus was immortal? ____________________________________________

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2. What does the root “Mort” mean? (HINT: think of the words mortal and immortal, as well as mortality, mortician). _________________________________________________________________

3. Narcissus is a mortal. Why? What caused him to die? _____________________________________

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4. Pandora is also a mortal. What do you think will happen to her? _____________________________

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5. Are there any humans who think they are immortal? Who are they? __________________________

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|95 |odyssey | | |

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|Definition: |

|a long journey or experience |

1a) Write down a person (from a book or movie) who has to undertake an odyssey. _______________

1b) What do they do on their odyssey? __________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Would it make sense to say “we were on an odyssey when we drove to Rhode Island”? Why or why not?

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3. What does it mean to make “a spiritual odyssey”?

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4. Write a caption with the word “odyssey” for the picture below.

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