English Final- Grade 7
Terms
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- germane
- relevant, pertinent
- divert
- to distract attention, or to turn away
- lament
- to mourn, or grieve
- poultice
- herbs for healing a wound
- bouganvillea
- a colorful flower
- alms
- money, food, or clothes, etc given to the poor
- appraiser
- one who sets the value of something
- sentinel
- a person or animal who guards
- avarice
- greed
- cozened
- cheated or to defraud
- parable
- a simple story that tells a moral truth
- benign
- kind, harmless
- subjugation
- enslaved, or to be conquered
- disparagement
- to put someone down; or belittle
- sinister
- evil, ominous
- lethargy
- great lack of energy
- legerdemain
- slight of hand
- lucence
- shining, clear, transparent
- vagueness
- not clear
- bulwark
- strong support
- stalwart
- strong, well built
- dank
- wet, moist, or damp
- guttural
- a sound made from the back of your throat
- pelted
- beat continuously
- indigent
- poor, needy
- pulque
- popular in Mexico; white cloudy drink
- dissembling
- disguising
- estuary
- the mouth of the river
- unscrupulous
- lacking moral integrity
- significantly
- important
- judicious
- wise and careful
- plaintively
- sadly
- contemptuously
- scornfully, disdainfully
- escarpment
- steep slope or cliff caused by an explosion
- petulant
- irritable