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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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Words 376–400 of 500
#WordDetailsMeaningSample sentence
376archaeologynoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject.

the study of past human life through material remainsArchaeology revealed workshops beneath the modern marketplace.
377chronologynoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject.

the arrangement of events in time orderThe timeline establishes the chronology of the revolution.
378eranoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

a long period identified by particular events or featuresThe invention marked the beginning of a new era in communication.
379decadenoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

a period of ten yearsThe city's population doubled within one decade.
380medievaladjective
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

related to the European Middle Ages or a comparable historical periodThe medieval manuscript was copied by hand.
381contemporaryadjective
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

belonging to the present time or the same historical periodContemporary accounts describe how residents experienced the flood.
382thronenoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

the position or authority of a monarchThe prince renounced the throne and left the kingdom.
383feudalismnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

a social and political system based on landholding and obligations between ranksUnder feudalism, land and service connected lords and vassals.
384renaissancenoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

a period of renewed cultural or intellectual activityThe Harlem Renaissance transformed American literature, music, and art.
385reformationnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

a major movement to change and reform an established institutionThe Protestant Reformation divided western Christianity.
386enlightenmentnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.

an intellectual movement emphasizing reason, evidence, and individual rightsEnlightenment thinkers debated the source of government authority.
387industrializationnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.

the development of machine-based manufacturing and factory productionIndustrialization drew workers into rapidly growing cities.
388colonizationnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.

the process of establishing control and settlement over another territoryColonization disrupted existing governments and trade networks.
389abolitionnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

the official ending of a law, practice, or institutionThe movement demanded the abolition of slavery.
390emancipationnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

the act of freeing people from legal, political, or social controlThe proclamation made emancipation a central aim of the war.
391reconstructionnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

the process of rebuilding a society or region after destruction or political changePostwar reconstruction restored roads and created new institutions.
392communismnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

a system seeking common ownership of major resources and a classless societyDifferent governments interpreted communism in sharply different ways.
393capitalismnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

an economic system based mainly on private ownership and market exchangeIn capitalism, businesses usually compete to sell goods and services.
394socialismnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

a system favoring social or public control of major resources and servicesThe party promoted democratic socialism through elections.
395fascismnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

an authoritarian nationalist ideology that suppresses opposition and democratic rightsFascism gained power by exploiting fear and political violence.
396totalitarianismnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

a system in which the state seeks control over nearly every part of lifeThe novel portrays totalitarianism through surveillance and forced loyalty.
397censorshipnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

the suppression or restriction of speech, media, or informationGovernment censorship prevented the newspaper from reporting the protest.
398genocidenoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

the intentional destruction, in whole or part, of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious groupThe museum documents the genocide through survivor testimony.
399discriminationnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

unfair treatment based on identity or group membershipThe law prohibits employment discrimination.
400segregationnoun
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Field: Grade 7 history and civics word

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

the enforced separation of groups in public or social lifeStudents challenged school segregation in court.

Vocabulary reading and practice

Building a Historical Chronology

Reading practice for pages 16–18. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

Evidence from archaeology helps students build a chronology of the town. One coin comes from a medieval era, while a photograph belongs to a much later decade. Placing each object in time reveals how daily life changed.

Reading comprehension

1. What helps students build the chronology?

Evidence from archaeology helps them.

2. Which object is medieval?

A coin is from the medieval era.

3. What does the timeline reveal?

It reveals changes in daily life.

Sources and curriculum references

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