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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| 176 | weather | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: weather is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 天氣 2. 氣候 3. 天景 | Today's weather includes strong wind and scattered rain. |
| 177 | drought | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: drought is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 旱災 2. 乾旱 3. 旱季 | The drought lowered reservoirs and damaged crops. |
| 178 | cyclone | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: cyclone is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 氣旋 2. 龍捲風 3. 气旋 | The satellite image shows the cyclone turning over warm water. |
| 179 | hurricane | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: hurricane is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 飓风 2. 颶風 | The hurricane strengthened before reaching the coast. |
| 180 | tornado | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: tornado is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 龍捲風 | The tornado damaged a narrow path through the town. |
| 181 | tide | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: tide is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 潮汐 | The falling tide exposed pools among the rocks. |
| 182 | weight | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: weight is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 重量 2. 體重 3. 哑铃 | An astronaut's weight changes with gravity, but her mass does not. |
| 183 | buoyancy | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: buoyancy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 浮力 | Buoyancy keeps the empty bottle floating. |
| 184 | pressure | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: pressure is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 壓力 2. 压力 | Air pressure decreases as elevation increases. |
| 185 | potential | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: potential is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 潛力 2. 潜力 3. 潛質 | The raised book has gravitational potential because it can fall. |
| 186 | thermal | adjective StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: thermal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 熱量 2. 燙 3. 溫泉 | A thermal camera detects differences in surface temperature. |
| 187 | electrical | adjective StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: electrical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 电气 | The electrical circuit opens when the switch is lifted. |
| 188 | nuclear | adjective StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: nuclear is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 核 | A nuclear reaction changes an atom's nucleus. |
| 189 | radiant | adjective StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: radiant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 弧度 | The Sun provides radiant energy to Earth. |
| 190 | sound | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: sound is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 声音 | Sound travels faster through water than through air. |
| 191 | amplitude | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: amplitude is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 振幅 | Greater amplitude usually makes a sound seem louder. |
| 192 | absorption | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 吸收 | Dark fabric has greater absorption of visible light than white fabric. |
| 193 | conduction | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 传导 | The metal spoon warms by conduction. |
| 194 | radiation | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 輻射 | Solar radiation can travel through empty space. |
| 195 | voltage | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: voltage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 電壓 2. 電圧 | Increasing the voltage made the bulb glow brighter. |
| 196 | solvent | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: solvent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 溶劑 | Water acts as the solvent in a sugar solution. |
| 197 | acid | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: acid is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 酸 | Lemon juice contains an acid called citric acid. |
| 198 | neutralization | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | 中和作用 | The neutralization produced water and a salt. |
| 199 | periodic | adjective StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: periodic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 週期的 | A swinging pendulum has periodic motion. |
| 200 | laboratory | noun StudyField: Grade 7 science and engineering word Word study: Base-form focus: laboratory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. 實驗室 2. 实验室 | The samples remained sealed until they reached the laboratory. |
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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).