English Vocabulary · Grade 7 Live Review Preview
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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| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
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| 376 | archaeology | noun StudyField: 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 remains | Archaeology revealed workshops beneath the modern marketplace. |
| 377 | chronology | noun StudyField: 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 order | The timeline establishes the chronology of the revolution. |
| 378 | era | noun StudyField: 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 features | The invention marked the beginning of a new era in communication. |
| 379 | decade | noun StudyField: 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 years | The city's population doubled within one decade. |
| 380 | medieval | adjective StudyField: 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 period | The medieval manuscript was copied by hand. |
| 381 | contemporary | adjective StudyField: 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 period | Contemporary accounts describe how residents experienced the flood. |
| 382 | throne | noun StudyField: 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 monarch | The prince renounced the throne and left the kingdom. |
| 383 | feudalism | noun StudyField: 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 ranks | Under feudalism, land and service connected lords and vassals. |
| 384 | renaissance | noun StudyField: 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 activity | The Harlem Renaissance transformed American literature, music, and art. |
| 385 | reformation | noun StudyField: 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 institution | The Protestant Reformation divided western Christianity. |
| 386 | enlightenment | noun StudyField: 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 rights | Enlightenment thinkers debated the source of government authority. |
| 387 | industrialization | noun StudyField: 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 production | Industrialization drew workers into rapidly growing cities. |
| 388 | colonization | noun StudyField: 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 territory | Colonization disrupted existing governments and trade networks. |
| 389 | abolition | noun StudyField: 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 institution | The movement demanded the abolition of slavery. |
| 390 | emancipation | noun StudyField: 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 control | The proclamation made emancipation a central aim of the war. |
| 391 | reconstruction | noun StudyField: 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 change | Postwar reconstruction restored roads and created new institutions. |
| 392 | communism | noun StudyField: 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 society | Different governments interpreted communism in sharply different ways. |
| 393 | capitalism | noun StudyField: 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 exchange | In capitalism, businesses usually compete to sell goods and services. |
| 394 | socialism | noun StudyField: 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 services | The party promoted democratic socialism through elections. |
| 395 | fascism | noun StudyField: 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 rights | Fascism gained power by exploiting fear and political violence. |
| 396 | totalitarianism | noun StudyField: 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 life | The novel portrays totalitarianism through surveillance and forced loyalty. |
| 397 | censorship | noun StudyField: 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 information | Government censorship prevented the newspaper from reporting the protest. |
| 398 | genocide | noun StudyField: 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 group | The museum documents the genocide through survivor testimony. |
| 399 | discrimination | noun StudyField: 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 membership | The law prohibits employment discrimination. |
| 400 | segregation | noun StudyField: 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 life | Students 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.
Translation
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.
Vocabulary quiz
Complete 5 review questions for this page.
Vocabulary chart page
This page focuses on the word chart. Reading passages appear once in each three-page group, while cloze quizzes remain in the established enhanced range for this level.
Sources and curriculum references
These references guide selection and calibration. Definitions, sample sentences, readings, questions, and teaching notes are independently written and reviewed.
- WikDict downloadable bilingual dictionaries
- Kaikki.org / Wiktextract machine-readable Wiktionary data
- Language-Learning-decks public flashcard datasets
- SBBIC English-to-Khmer Dictionary
- English–Khmer Dictionary Dataset (machine-generated Khmer fallback; human review required)
- PanLex meanings snapshot (direct CC0 gap candidates; human review required)
- Cambridge bilingual dictionaries (individual editorial sense checks)
- Collins English–Hindi Dictionary (individual editorial checks)
- Hindwi and Rekhta dictionaries (individual Hindi/Urdu checks)
- National Institute of Korean Language: Basic Korean Dictionary
- JMdict/EDRDG Japanese dictionary project
- CC-CEDICT Chinese dictionary project
- VDict Vietnamese Dictionary (individual editorial check)
- Google Translate (machine-assisted lesson-reading draft; fluent review required)
- Kuperman et al.: Age-of-acquisition ratings for 30,000 English words
- Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Vocabulary Power: Grade 7, ISBN 0-07-826226-7 (bibliographic calibration only).

