7th Grade Vocabulary Words (Quiz on 12/7)

Debut (noun/verb) – a person’s first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role

Deceased (noun/adjective) – a person who is dead; no longer living

Dependent (adjective) – requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support; based on

Despondent (adjective) – in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

Detach (verb) – disengage (something or part of something) and remove it; disconnect

Devour (verb) – eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly; consume destructively

Dishearten (verb) – to cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence

Dismal (adjective) – depressing; dreary

Dismantle (verb) – take (a machine or structure) to pieces

Distraught (adjective) – deeply upset or agitated

Docile (adjective) – ready to accept control or instruction; submissive

Downright (adjective) – (of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis); straightforward

Drone (verb) – to make a continuous humming sound

Dumbfound (verb)  – greatly astonish or amaze

Wary (adjective) – feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems

Whim (noun) – a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained

Wince (verb) – give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress.

Wrath (noun) – extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect)

Yearn (verb) – have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from