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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| 101 | complication | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | осложне́ние | A sudden flood creates a complication in the travelers' plan. |
| 102 | tension | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: tension is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | натяже́ние | The locked door increases the tension as footsteps approach. |
| 103 | theme | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: theme is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. те́ма 2. моти́в | The theme of responsibility develops through each character's choices. |
| 104 | character | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: character is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. персона́ж 2. геро́й 3. герои́ня | The youngest character notices the clue that every adult missed. |
| 105 | characterization | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | 1. характери́стика 2. характеризация | The author uses dialogue and actions for indirect characterization. |
| 106 | dialogue | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: dialogue is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. диало́г 2. разгово́р 3. бесе́да | The dialogue reveals that the sisters remember the event differently. |
| 107 | monologue | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Prefix focus: mono- means one or single. | 1. моноло́г 2. монолог | In the monologue, the captain explains why she abandoned the voyage. |
| 108 | soliloquy | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: soliloquy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. моноло́г 2. солило́квий | The prince's soliloquy exposes his fear of making the wrong decision. |
| 109 | stagecraft | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: stagecraft is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | сценическое искусство | Effective stagecraft turns simple fabric and light into an ocean storm. |
| 110 | scene | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: scene is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | сце́на | The courtroom scene brings the two opposing witnesses together. |
| 111 | act | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: act is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. акт 2. де́йствие | The conflict becomes unavoidable at the end of the second act. |
| 112 | stanza | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: stanza is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. строфа́ 2. станс | Each stanza describes the river during a different season. |
| 113 | verse | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: verse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. купле́т 2. строфа́ | The ballad tells the sailor's story in verse. |
| 114 | prose | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: prose is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. про́за 2. проза | The author shifts from verse to prose when the formal ceremony ends. |
| 115 | couplet | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: couplet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. купле́т 2. двусти́шие | The poem closes with a rhyming couplet. |
| 116 | quatrain | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: quatrain is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. четверости́шие 2. катре́н | The first quatrain introduces the image of an empty road. |
| 117 | meter | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: meter is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. разме́р 2. ритм | The steady meter resembles the beat of marching feet. |
| 118 | rhythm | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: rhythm is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. ритм 2. такт | Short repeated phrases give the speech a memorable rhythm. |
| 119 | rhyme | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: rhyme is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. ри́фма 2. рифма | The poet avoids perfect rhyme to create an uneasy effect. |
| 120 | cadence | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: cadence is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | пониже́ние | The sentence's slow cadence matches the character's exhaustion. |
| 121 | chorus | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: chorus is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | хор | The chorus comments on events that the main characters cannot see. |
| 122 | assonance | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | ассона́нс | The phrase “low road home” uses assonance to slow the line. |
| 123 | consonance | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | 1. созву́чие 2. консона́нс | The repeated final t sound creates consonance in the short verse. |
| 124 | mood | noun StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Base-form focus: mood is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | атмосфе́ра | Rain and empty streets establish a lonely mood. |
| 125 | first-person | adjective StudyField: Grade 7 literature and composition word Word study: Term structure: first + person. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | от первого лица | The first-person account reveals the explorer's doubts directly. |
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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).