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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
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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.

1. 考古學 2. 考古学Archaeology 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.

年表The 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.

1. 時代 2. 紀元 3. 时代The 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.

1. 十年 2. 年代The 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.

1. 中世紀的 2. 中世紀The 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.

1. 同時的 2. 當時的 3. 同时代Contemporary 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.

寶座The 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.

封建制度Under 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.

复兴The 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.

改革The 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.

1. 開悟 2. 啟蒙Enlightenment 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.

1. 工業化 2. 產業化 3. 事業化Industrialization 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.

殖民地化Colonization 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.

废止The 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.

解放The 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.

回复Postwar 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.

1. 共產主義 2. 共产主义Different 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.

1. 資本主義 2. 资本主义In 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.

1. 社會主義 2. 社会主义The 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.

1. 法西斯主义 2. 法西斯主義Fascism 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.

1. 極權主義 2. 全體主義 3. 极权主义The 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.

审查制度Government 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.

1. 种族灭绝 2. 種族滅絕The 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.

1. 歧視 2. 歧视The 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.

隔离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.

Simplified Chinese translation

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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.

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