These vocabulary words for seventh graders are broadly used in many subjects. They’re also used in everyday adult conversation. Print this list, courtesy of Hyde Park Central School District, and post it where your seventh grader will see it regularly. Exposure to these so-called $5 words will boost your child’s understanding when reading, listening to classroom lectures, and even just watching movies for fun. What’s more, learning these words now will make the SAT and ACT a bit easier when it’s time for your child to apply to college.
abdicate | connotation | legendary |
abrasive | consecutive | liaison |
abruptly | irrelevant | libel |
acknowledge | consult | ludicrous |
acquire | contrast | mandatory |
addict | copious | mitigate |
adequate | correspond | naive |
admonish | dawdle | narrate |
affiliation | deceitful | necessity |
agitate | demeanor | negligent |
allege | derogatory | obnoxious |
allocate | devastate | omit |
alternative | devious | opposition |
amendment | devour | oppress |
antagonize | diversity | perceive |
attribute | eligible | persuasive |
authentic | emphasize | prediction |
bamboozle | estimate | prominent |
belligerent | evaluate | prospective |
bewilder | bewildered | exonerated |
punctual | exposition | quote |
bias | exuberant | relinquish |
boycott | famished | resolve |
condor | formidable | rudimentary |
cause | impartial | signify |
characterize | indifferent | sovereign |
chronological | industrious | suspense |
compel | inevitable | talisman |
competent | infuriate | tentative |
component | inhabitants | toxic |
conclusive | initiate | treason |
concur | intimidate | viewpoint |
condemn | irate | confront |
See the academic vocabulary lists for 5th grade, 6th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, and 10th grade, too.