Year 7 Vocabulary List
This list is comprised of the following:
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Subject specific terminology.
Synonyms for ‘said’, ‘nice’ and ‘happy’.
Exciting new words
Your task is to learn these 100 words and their definitions by
the end of the year –or as many as you can!
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Term 2
Check
Term 4
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Word
Definition
Originality
Coherent
Relevance
Perceptive
Illuminating
Specific
Sustained
Overview
Context
Fresh or unusual
Logical, clear
To do with the matter in hand
Observant, showing insight
To light up or make brighter., useful or advantageous
A precise detail, clearly defined
Continuing for a long period of time without interruption
General summary, the big picture
Tentative
Embedded
Evaluate
Consistent
Repetition
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Semicolon
Colon
Connective
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
Bias
Indicate
Convey
Likeable
Delightful
Exquisite
Joyous
Ecstatic
Admitted
Bellowed
Wearily
Coaxed
Disclosed
Chuckled
Maintained
Mimicked
Pondered
Sneered
Whimpered
Hastily
Recklessly
Cautious, not fixed – using words like ‘suggests’ , ‘implies’ , ‘indicates’
The social or historical circumstances of the time that help us understand a book
or writer better
Clear part of something -a quote appears part of a sentence when embedded well
To assess or judge the significance of something or more than one thing
Something that is done in the same way over time
Where something is repeated or occurs more than once
The use of the same sound at the start of words occurring close together
To give human qualities to an object
A word or phrase used imaginatively to represent something else
A comparison using like or as
; = This punctuation that can separate two related main clauses
: = This punctuation introduces a list or explanation
Words that link other words or phrases together in a sentence
Describing word
A word that describes a verb – they normally end in -ly
A doing word
A thing - person, object, animal, place or idea
Offering a prejudiced viewpoint
To give a sign or point out something
To communicate or transfer
Pleasant, friendly, easy to like
Causing delight in another person, charming
Extremely beautiful and delicate, highly refined
Full of happiness and joy
Feeling overwhelming happiness
Confess to be true, to allow someone in to a place
Shout something with a loud roar
Acting in a manner that reflects physical or mental exhaustion
To persuade someone gently to do something
To reveal something secret or hidden
To laugh quietly or inwardly
To preserve or continue with something
Imitate someone, usually for comedy value
To think about something carefully, often before a decision
To smile or speak in an unkind, mocking manner
A low, feeble sound that usually is due to pain, fear or unhappiness
Speedily, often linked to acting too quickly
Not caring about the impact of your words or actions
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Word
Definition
Dynamic
Efficient
Ethereal
Exotic
Effigy
Lure
Lapse
Egotism
Deceptive
Damper
Demonic
Energetic
Elated
Defective
Solemnly
Elite
Cagey
Apathetic
Alert
Adorable
Rebel
Buoyant
Combination
Assign
Dowdy
Bombard
Blunder
Brutal
Caricature
Century
Flippant
Futuristic
Harmonious
Incandescent
Industrious
Artificial
Anxious
Alliance
Agile
Adequate
Accused
Accurate
Accolade
Naïve
Youthful
Sneaky
Talented
Omniscient
Numerous
Murky
Malicious
Lethal
Morbid
Imminent
Positive in attitude, full of energy and new ideas, linked to change
Person or process that works in a well organised, competent way. No wasted effort.
Extremely delicate and light, as if not of this world
Something either from or characteristic of a distant foreign country
Sculpture or model of a person
Tempt someone to go somewhere often by way of a reward
A brief or temporary failure of concentration or memory / a break in time
Completely absorbed in yourself and your own apparent importance
Giving an impression different from the true one, misleading
Something that deadens or depresses– e.g. put a damper on the mood
Relating to or characteristic of demons or evil spirits
Showing or involving great activity or liveliness
Thrilled, extremely, almost ecstatically happy
Imperfect in some way, not working
Serious or grave way of acting or talking
A group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of society
Reluctant to give information due to being suspicious
Showing or feeling no interest or concern about something
Watchful or quick to notice / to warn (verb)
Inspiring great, love, affection or delight
A person who rises in opposition against a leader or authority
Cheerful, able to keep afloat
A joining of different things together
To allocate a job or duty, or set aside something for a purpose
Unfashionable and dull in appearance
To attack continuously
A stupid or careless mistake
Harsh, savagely violent
A picture/description of someone/something where some characteristics are exaggerated for comic effect
One hundred years
Not showing a serious or respectful attitude
Involving very modern technology, characteristic of the future direction
Tuneful, free from argument or disagreement, forming a pleasing or consistent whole
Full of strong emotion, passionate, emitting light as a result of being heated
Hard working
False, not natural –made by human beings
Showing worry or nervousness
An association or union based on benefits for all parties
To move quickly and easily
Satisfactory or acceptable
Charged with committing a crime of some sort
Correct, exact
An award or privilege granted as a special honour
Innocent, showing a lack of experience or wisdom in their judgement
Young or characteristic of young people
Sly, crafty and cunning
Having a natural skill for something
Knowing everything
Great in number / many
Dark and gloomy –often linked to thick mist, also morally questionable – he had a murky past
Spiteful, intending to do harm to someone
Destructive, enough to cause death
An unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially disease and death
About to happen
Year 7 Vocabulary List (Booster)
This list is comprised of the following:
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

Subject specific terminology.
Synonyms for ‘said’, ‘nice’ and ‘happy’.
Exciting new words
Your task is to learn these 50 words and their definitions by
the end of the year –or as many as you can!
Start
Test
Term 2
Check
Term 4
Check
End
Test
Word
Definition
Relevance
Context
To do with the matter in hand
Analysis
Specific
Coherent
Noun
Verb
Adverb
Connective
Simile
Repetition
Bias
Suggests
Rebel
Alert
Futuristic
Lethal
Sneaky
Accused
Brutal
Century
Lapse
Bottomless
The events of the time that help us understand a book or
writer better
To examine something in detail
A precise detail, clearly defined
Logical, clear
A thing - person, object, animal, place or idea
A doing word
A word that describes a verb – they normally end in -ly
Words that link other words or phrases together in a
sentence
A comparison using like or as
Where something is repeated
Showing an unfair one sided viewpoint
To put forward an idea for consideration. Analysis could
start with ‘This suggests’
A person who rises up against a leader or authority
Watchful or quick to notice / to warn (verb)
Involving very modern technology, links to the future
Could cause death
Sly, crafty
Charged with committing a crime of some sort
Harsh and really violent
One hundred years
A brief failure of concentration or memory / a break in time
Very deep, no bottom or limit
Methods you could use to learn these words and their meanings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Look/Say/Cover/Remember/Write/Check
Picture representations
Grouping similar words together
Using them in sentences regularly in lessons
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Term 4
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Word
Definition
Offering encouragement or help
Supportive
Determination A strong will or purpose to do something
To cut a tough material in order to produce something
Carve
Relaxed attitude
Casual
A famous or well known person
Celebrity
The ability to attract or fascinate others
Charm
Taking too much care when making a choice
Choosy
To have a big desire for something
Crave
A line or ridge on paper or clothing caused by pressing or
Crease
Decisive
Delicate
Drift
Enable
Extend
Filter
Grieve
Harmonious
folding something
Able to make decisions quickly / having a key role in the
outcome of something
Dainty, made up of tiny parts, fragile, easily broken
To be carried slowly from one place to another
To make it possible for something to happen
To cover a wider area, make larger
To pass through a device to remove unwanted stuff
To feel intense sadness and sorrow for something or someone
–usually after their death
Tuneful, free from argument or disagreement, forming a
pleasing or consistent whole
Lyric
Majority
Membership
Mistreat
Myth
The words of a song
Negotiate
Peak
Admitted
Sneered
Hinted
Find a way through a difficult situation / to discuss
The greater number from a group
Being a member or part of a group
To treat a person or animal cruelly or unfairly
A traditional story involving supernatural beings or events /
something that is believed by many but is false in reality
The highest level, the top, the pointed top of a mountain
Confess to be true, to allow someone in to a place
To smile or speak in an unkind, mocking manner
To suggest or indicate something indirectly
Year 8 Vocabulary List
This list is comprised of the following:
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

Subject specific terminology.
Synonyms for ‘said’, ‘nice’ and ‘happy’.
Exciting new words
Your task is to learn these 100 words and their definitions by
the end of the year –or as many as you can!
Start
Test
Term 2
Check
Term 4
Check
End
Test
Word
Definition
Perceptive
Illuminating
Specific
Sustained
Context
Observant, showing insight
To light up or make brighter., useful or advantageous
A precise detail, clearly defined
Continuing for a long period of time without interruption
Tentative
Embedded
Evaluate
Sophisticated
Synthesis
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Semicolon
Colon
Adjective
Adverb
Assonance
Enjambment
Caesura
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
Implicit
Pronoun
Clause
Connotation
Indicate
Convey
Implies
Visceral
Tumultuous
Transcendent
Tinge
Thrive
Susceptible
Svelte
Swaggered
Subvert
Sublime
Gushed
Courteous
Countered
Sincere
Stealthy
Spirited
Cautious, not fixed – using words like ‘suggests’ , ‘implies’ , ‘indicates’
The social or historical circumstances of the time that help us understand a book
or writer better
Clear part of something -a quote appears part of a sentence when embedded well
To assess or judge the significance of something or more than one thing
Complex, assured, a craft and finesse to it
Combination of different things to form a connected whole
The use of the same sound at the start of words occurring close together
To give human qualities to an object
A word or phrase used imaginatively to represent something else
A comparison using like or as
; = This punctuation that can separate two related main clauses
: = This punctuation introduces a list or explanation
Describing word
A word that describes a verb – they normally end in -ly
Similar sounds of vowels within words close to one another
Where a sentence continues on to the next line for effect
A pause within a line
Extreme exaggerations for effect
Where two contrasting things are placed together
Indirect, suggested. Opposite of explicit (obvious, clearly stated)
A word that is substituted for a noun –e.g. he/she/it
A part of a sentence (There are sub-clauses and main clauses)
Association with / Overtone of something beyond its literal meaning
To give a sign or point out something
To communicate or transfer
To indicate or suggest something rather than explicit reference
Relating to having deep inward physical feelings about something
Very loud, excitable, disorderly noise
Beyond the range od normal human experience
A trace of a colour
To prosper, grow well, flourish
Likely to be influenced or harmed by something
Slim and elegant
Walk or behave in a self-important manner
Undermine the power or authority of a system or institution
Great beauty / excellence / unparalleled
To speak with exaggerated enthusiasm / Something flows out rapidly
Polite, respectful or considerate in manner
To respond in opposition to something
Not dishonest, stemming from genuine feelings
Behaving in a cautious, secretive manner so as not to be seen/heard
Full of energy, enthusiasm and determination
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Word
Definition
Snag
Rummage
Smitten
Retract
Abrasive
An unexpected or hidden obstacle/problem. A slight catch or tear of something.
To search unsystematically or untidily
Having suddenly started to like or love something or someone very much
Withdraw, draw back
Showing little concern for the feelings of others, harsh. An abrasive material is capable of
polishing a hard surface via rubbing or grinding
(Adjective) Relating to a thought or idea not having a physical existence / (Verb) to consider
something separately from
To believe in / stick fast to
To annoy or make something worse
A false or assumed identity
Lively, full of life and excitement / Bringing life to pictures – e.g. animated characters via film
Untidy, messy, disordered, dishevelled
Coming or happening later than should have been the case
A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, particularly food or drink
Unimpressed with something because one has experienced it many times before
Withdraw from social relations with a group as a punishment or protest
Mutual trust and friendship between people who spend a lot of time together
Small, step like waterfalls. To pour downwards rapidly in large quantities / to pass down
information to others
The use of deception to achieve one’s purpose
Positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space, or heaven.
Considerate, courteous and respectful towards women
To force someone to do something
A person who introduces the main performers in a show
Ridiculously small or inadequate
Remove from a position suddenly and forcefully
In a state of disrepair or ruin due to age or neglect
A level or rank in an organisation or society
(adjective) – detailed, complicated in design / (verb) to develop in more detail
Inspiring affection
To repeat something once or a number of times for emphasis and clarity
Difficult to interpret or understand, mysterious
Form a mental picture of something, to conceive an idea that is a possibility in the future
To be a perfect example of
To take steps to defend a place or thing against attack
Faithfulness to a person, cause or belief demonstrated by loyalty
Using dramatic gestures not words to convey a point
Dealing with the whole of something, not just a part
Having a modest, low or humble view of one’s importance
The establishment or starting point of something
Done at random without careful judgement
The ability to begin things independently, the power to take charge before others do
A shy person who is energised by spending time alone
A recurring need to steal, often without any reason to
Very talkative
Something of great size
Easily influenced, shaped, altered
Lacking in quantity or quality
Highly elaborate, decorated or complex
So small or insignificant that it’s not worth bothering with
An influence or effect that spreads through a wide range of people
Act of spinning on one foot, with the raised foot touching the knee of the supporting leg
To come before something
Occurring nearer to the end / the second of two things
Relating to several cultural or ethnic groups within a society
To make more attractive by adding things / to add untrue details to a story for effect
Abstract
Adhere
Aggravate
Alias
Animated
Bedraggled
Belated
Binge
Blasé
Boycott
Camaraderie
Cascade
Chicanery
Celestial
Chivalrous
Compel
Compere
Derisory
Depose
Dilapidated
Echelon
Elaborate
Endearing
Reiterate
Enigmatic
Envisage
Epitomise
Fortify
Fidelity
Gesticulate
Holistic
Humility
Inception
Indiscriminate
Initiative
Introvert
Kleptomania
Loquacious
Magnitude
Malleable
Meagre
Ornate
Negligible
Pervasive
Pirouette
Precede
Latter
Multicultural
Embellish
Year 8 Vocabulary List (Booster)
This list is comprised of the following:



Subject specific terminology.
Synonyms for ‘said’, ‘nice’ and ‘happy’.
Exciting new words
Your task is to learn these 50 words and their definitions by
the end of the year –or as many as you can!
Start
Test
Term 2
Check
Term 4
Check
End
Test
Word
Definition
Relevance
Context
To do with the matter in hand
Overview
Perceptive
Coherent
Analysis
Specific
Noun
Verb
Adverb
Connective
Simile
Alliteration
Biased
Metaphor
The events of the time that help us understand a book or
writer better
General summary, the big picture
Observant, showing insight
Logical, clear
To examine something in detail
A precise detail, clearly defined
A thing - person, object, animal, place or idea
A doing word
A word that describes a verb – they normally end in -ly
Words that link other words or phrases together in a sentence
A comparison using like or as
The use of the same sound at the start of words occurring
close together
An unfair one sided viewpoint
A word or phrase used imaginatively to represent something
else
To give human qualities to an object
Personification
To put forward an idea for consideration. Analysis could start
Suggests
Implies
Gloated
Pleaded
Makeshift
Ludicrous
with ‘This suggests’
To indicate or suggest something rather than explicit
reference
To consider your success with great smug satisfaction
To emotionally appeal, beg
To act as a temporary measure
Foolish, unreasonable – almost amusing
Methods you could use to learn these words and their meanings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Look/Say/Cover/Remember/Write/Check
Picture representations
Grouping similar words together
Using them in sentences regularly in lessons
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Term 2
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Term 4
Check
End
Test
Word
Definition
Lenient
Integral
Initiative
To be less harsh / more tolerant than expected
Income
Humane
Hostile
Glide
Hollow
Finale
Ferocious
Enrage
Eligible
Eclipse
Dilemma
Devotion
Dependable
Compliment
Citizen
Chirpy
Cherish
Patriotic
Censor
Blurt
Betray
Ancestor
Ambiguous
Adapt
Accessorise
Necessary, the part of something that the rest depends on
The ability to begin things independently, the power to take
charge before others do
Money received on a regular basis, from work or investments
Showing kindness, care and sympathy towards others
Unfriendly, showing dislike or opposition towards someone
To move with a smooth, quiet, continuous motion
Having a hole or empty space inside / without importance
The last part of something exciting
Really fierce, cruel or violent
To make someone very angry
Having the right to do something / suitable / meets conditions
Complete or partial hiding of the sun caused by the moon
passing between the sun and Earth. / To out-do
A difficult situation or problem often involving two equally bad
choices.
Love, loyalty or enthusiasm for someone or something
Trustworthy and reliable
A polite passing on of praise or admiration
Someone who legally lives in a town, city or country
Cheerful and lively
Protect and care for something or someone
Having strong support for your country
To examine something and remove unacceptable parts
Say something quickly and suddenly without consideration
To expose someone to danger or hurt by giving information to
an enemy / To be disloyal
A person, normally older than a grandparent, from whom you
are descended.
Open to more than one interpretation
To adjust /make something suitable for a new purpose
To decorate clothing with a fashion item
Year 7 Spellings List
Your task is to learn all of these 100 spellings by the end of the year, or as many as you can!
The Rule
Words
Plurals
(y to an i and
add es)
Bodies
Cities
families
Young
Touch
Trouble
Misbehave
Disappear
incorrect
Short vowel
u sound spelt
ou
Prefixes
(Most are
added to
word
without any
change in
spelling)
-sion endings
-cian endings
Suffix – just
add ‘ly’ to an
adjective to
make it an
adverb
Words with
silent letters
Invasion
Division
Decision
Musician
Politician
Electrician
Sadly
Usually
Finally
Doubt
Island
Knew
Homophones Their
There
They’re
Our
Are
Too
Two
To
Your
You’re
I before e
Deceive
except after
Ceiling
c
Receive
Two sounds
Tried
of ie
Lied
Brief
Thief
Drop ‘e’ and
Shining
add ing
Smiling
Double
Travelled
letters in
Horrible
middle of
Spotting
words
EA rather
than EE
spelling
Beneath
Reach
Clearly
S 2 4 E
Methods you could use to
learn spellings
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Write/Check
Picture representations
Break the word down into chunks
Checking the rules
Repeatedly writing them out
READING LOTS!
Commonly
misspelt
words
Super tough
words
Absence
Acceptable
Achievement
Address
Attendance
Beginning
Business
Campaign
Cemetery
Column
Calendar
Cigarette
Condemn
Conscious
Convenient
Desert
Definitely
Environment
Foreign
Forensic
Generally
Government
Guarantee
Heroes
Independent
Immediate
Ideally
Interrupt
Marriage
Misspell
Necessary
Neighbour
Noticeable
Originally
Occurred
Particular
Queue
Recognise
Rhythm
Secretary
Unique
Vacuum
Weird
Yacht
Aficionado
Choreography
Courageous
Manoeuvre
Oscillate
Reconnaissance
Onomatopoeia
Adolescence
Colloquialism
Asphyxiate
Year 7 Spellings List (Booster)
Your task is to learn all of these 50 spellings by the end of the year, or as many as you can!
The Rule
Words
-air words
Fair
Pair
Repair
-are words
Dare
Care
Share
‘ear’ sounds
Dear
Hear
Year
Add ‘un’ to
the start of
word – no
change to
spelling
Unhappy
Unlock
Undo
‘dge’ words
Bridge
Judge
Dodge
Silent letter
words
Knee
Know
Write
Wrap
-le ending
words
Middle
Battle
Title
S 2 4 E
Methods you could use to
learn spellings
1. Look/Say/Cover/Remember/
Write/Check
2. Picture representations
3. Break the word down into
chunks
4. Checking the rules
5. Repeatedly writing them out
6. READING LOTS!
Homophones
Their
There
They’re
Our
Are
Too
Two
To
Your
You’re
I before e
except after
c
Ceiling
Receive
Lied
-tion words
Fiction
Question
Drop ‘e’ and
add ing
Smiling
Whining
Double
letters in
middle of
words
Happy
Clapping
Stepping
EA rather
than EE
spelling
Lead
Read
Bead
Super Tough
Words!
Bought
Messy
Thankful
Neighbour
Dessert
Year 8 Spellings List
Your task is to learn all of these 100 spellings by the end of the year, or as many as you can!
The Rule
Words
Plurals/
Superlatives
(change the
ending of y to an i
and add es/est)
Babies
Fairies
Happiest
Muddiest
Dangerous
Ravenous
Enormous
Misinterpret
Disengage
Insane
Short vowel u
sound spelt ou
Prefixes
(Most are added
to word without
change in
spelling)
-sion endings
-ian endings
Suffix – just add
‘ly’ to an
adjective to make
it an adverb
Words with silent
letters
Homophones
I before e except
after c
Two of the
spellings of long e
sound
Drop ‘e’ and add
ing
Incision
Collision
Consideration
Comedian
Vegetarian
Tactician
Harshly
Quickly
Publicly
Knee
Castle
Knowledge
Their
There
They’re
Your
You’re
Allowed
Aloud
Where
Wear
Weather
Whether
Loose
Lose
Relieved
Retrieved
Conceived
Freak
Creak
Greed
Seemed
Filing
Styling
Whining
S 2
4
E
Double letters in
middle of words
Commonly
misspelt words
Super tough
words
Assured
Clapped
Classic
Mattered
Accomplish
Accommodation
Acquire
Amateur
Advise
Appearance
Basically
Characteristic
Conscientious
Criticism
Definition
Despair
Disease
Embarrass
Encouragement
Especially
Fiery
Grateful
Height
Humorous
Jealousy
Licence
Manageable
Muscle
Opportunity
Perceive
Performance
Physical
Pleasant
Prefer
Psychological
Quizzes
Principle
Receipt
Restaurant
Schedule
Scenery
Separate
Success
Sentence
Undoubtedly
Parallelogram
Diaphragm
Acrimonious
Conniving
Nostalgia
Besieged
Sacrilegious
Kamikaze
Fahrenheit
Anaphylactic
Methods you could use to
learn spellings
1. Look/Say/Cover/Remember/
Write/Check
2. Picture representations
3. Break the word down
into chunks
4. Checking the rules
5. Repeatedly writing them
out
6. READING LOTS!
Year 8 Spellings List (Booster)
Your task is to learn all of these 50 spellings by the end of the year, or as many as you can!
The Rule
Words
-ure words
Cure
Picture
Sure
-ore words
Before
Core
more
‘ear’ sounds
Fear
Clear
Near
‘Ow’ sound in
the middle of
words
Town
Crowded
Power
Two sounds
of ‘oo’
Smooth
Wooden
Looked
Silent letter
words
Soft ‘c’ words
often
confused
with ‘s’
Knew
Sign
Wrong
Race
Cell
Bicycle
S 2 4 E
Methods you could use to
learn spellings
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Look/Say/Cover/
Remember/Write/Check
Picture representations
Break the word down
into chunks
Checking the rules
Repeatedly writing them
out
READING LOTS!
Homophones
Their
There
They’re
Our
Are
Lose
Loose
Witch
Which
Your
You’re
I before e
except after c
Believe
Cried
Receive
-tion words
Mention
Action
Drop ‘e’ and
add ing
Shining
Timing
-ious ending
words
Cautious
Ambitious
Delicious
EE rather
than EA
spelling
Meet
Greet
Steep
Super Tough
Words!
Decent
Consider
Treasure
Possible
Magical