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7th Grade Vocabulary Words

Seventh-grade readers are expected to move confidently among literary analysis, argument, research, science, mathematics, history, and civic discussion. This level develops precise Tier II and cross-curricular language while reinforcing context clues, word relationships, roots and affixes, multiple meanings, source evaluation, and evidence-based speaking and writing.

This independently authored 500-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty pages of twenty-five words each. Words 1–300 include five cloze questions per page; words 301–500 remain fully visible and editable as list pages while the expanded practice layer is developed. Each row includes a subject-field label and an editable word-study note about a transparent affix, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base form. The supplied Grade 7 workbook calibrated difficulty and vocabulary-study skills only; all learner-facing definitions, examples, quizzes, and descriptions are original KSSR copy.

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251statisticsnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: statistics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

the study of collecting, organizing, and interpreting numerical dataStatistics can reveal patterns that individual values do not show.
252randomadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: random is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

chosen by chance so each eligible result has a fair opportunityA random sample reduces the influence of personal choice.
253biasedadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: biased is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

systematically favoring some outcomes or groups over othersA biased question can distort survey results.
254percentilenoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: percentile is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

a value indicating the percentage of data at or below itA score in the eightieth percentile equals or exceeds eighty percent of scores.
255distributionnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

the way data values are spread across possible resultsThe distribution has two clusters and one distant outlier.
256histogramnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: histogram is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

a graph using adjacent bars to show frequencies within intervalsThe histogram groups heights into five-centimeter intervals.
257scatterplotnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: scatterplot is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

a graph of paired numerical data shown as pointsThe scatterplot suggests that study time and scores rise together.
258correlationnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

a relationship in which two variables tend to change togetherA correlation does not by itself prove that one variable causes the other.
259trendnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: trend is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

a general direction or pattern in dataThe graph shows an upward trend in average temperature.
260slopenoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: slope is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

the rate at which a line rises or falls compared with horizontal changeThe line's slope is two because y rises two units for every unit of x.
261linearadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: linear is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

forming a straight-line pattern with a constant rate of changeA linear relationship adds the same amount at each step.
262nonlinearadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Prefix focus: non- means not or without.

not forming a straight-line pattern or constant rate of changeThe curved graph represents a nonlinear relationship.
263dependentadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: dependent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

describing a variable whose value changes in response to anotherPlant height is the dependent variable in the experiment.
264domainnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: domain is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

the set of allowable input values for a relation or functionNegative numbers are outside the domain when x represents elapsed time.
265geometrynoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: geometry is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

the branch of mathematics concerning shapes, measurements, and spaceGeometry helps architects calculate angles and areas.
266pointnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: point is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

an exact location in space with no length, width, or heightLabel the point where the two lines intersect.
267planenoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: plane is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

a flat surface extending without end in all directionsThree noncollinear points determine a plane.
268segmentnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: segment is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

part of a line bounded by two endpointsMeasure the segment from A to B.
269raynoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: ray is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

part of a line with one endpoint extending forever in one directionEach side of an angle is a ray extending from the vertex.
270obtuseadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: obtuse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

describing an angle greater than ninety degrees but less than one hundred eightyThe open book forms an obtuse angle.
271complementaryadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: complementary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

describing two angles whose measures add to ninety degreesAngles of thirty and sixty degrees are complementary.
272supplementaryadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: supplementary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

describing two angles whose measures add to one hundred eighty degreesThe adjacent angles on a straight line are supplementary.
273verticaladjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: vertical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

describing opposite angles formed by two intersecting linesVertical angles always have equal measures.
274transversalnoun
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Prefix focus: trans- means across, through, or beyond.

a line crossing two or more other linesThe transversal creates corresponding angles at both intersections.
275congruentadjective
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Field: Grade 7 mathematics and data word

Word study: Base-form focus: congruent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

having exactly the same size and shapeThe two triangles are congruent because all corresponding sides and angles match.

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Page 11 vocabulary review

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Vocabulary quiz

Complete 5 review questions for this page.

1. A ___ question can distort survey results.

Answer: biased

2. Label the ___ where the two lines intersect.

Answer: point

3. A score in the eightieth ___ equals or exceeds eighty percent of scores.

Answer: percentile

4. Three noncollinear points determine a ___.

Answer: plane

5. The ___ has two clusters and one distant outlier.

Answer: distribution

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