ENGLISH 7

• Spelling Lists 5-8

  • Pliant
  • Exacerbate
  • Onslaught
  • Deteriorate
  • Magnanimity
  • Innate
  • Plight
  • Amiss
  • Indolent
  • Vulture
  • Gallantry
  • Occasionally
  • Adulated
  • Solstice
  • Annihilation
  • Ambiguity
  • Pernicious
  • Obeisant
  • Gesticulate
  • Impudent
  • Indigent
  • Nuisance
  • Notoriety
  • Abhorrent
  • Paraphernalia
  • Stoic
  • Grotesque
  • Homonymous
  • Polysemous
• Pliant


  Flexible; adaptable
• Exacerbate


  To make a problem/situation worse
• Onslaught


  A fierce or destructive attack
• Deteriorate


  To become progressively worse
• Magnanimity


  The condition of being magnanimous; showing kindness and generosity towards others
• Innate


  To exist/belong/be determined by birth. Native; inborn
• Plight


  A dangerous or unfortunate situation
• Amiss


  Not quite right; out of place
• Indolent


  Excessively lazy
• Vulture


  A type of bird that feeds on decaying animals
• Gallantry


  Courageous behavior; polite attention or respect
• Occasionally


  Something that occurs every now and then
• Adulated


  To praise someone excessively
• Solstice


  A moment in the year where the Sun's path in the sky is farthest north or south from the Earth's equator
• Annihilation


  The state of being completely obliterated or destroyed
• Ambiguity


  The quality of being open to more than one interpretation
• Pernicious


  Causing great injury, destruction, or ruin; evil
• Obeisant


  An act of courtesy (such as a respectful bow)
• Gesticulate


  To use gestures while speaking
• Impudent


  Not showing due respect to another person
• Indigent


  Suffering from extreme poverty
• Nuisance


  A person/thing/circumstance causing inconveience or annoyance
• Notoriety


  The state of being famous for a bad deed or quality
• Abhorrent


  Inspiring disgust or loathing
• Paraphernalia


  Things associated with a particular association/institution/activity
• Stoic


  A person who can endure pain or hardship without expressing their feelings or complaining
• Grotesque


  Comically repulsive/ugly/distorted
• Homonymous


  Words that have different spelling but sounds the same
• Polysemous


  Words that have more than one meaning
• Noun Phrase Patterns

  • Determiner + Noun
  • Quantifier + Noun
  • Determiner + Adjective + Noun
  • Quantifier + Determiner + Noun
  • Quantifier + Determiner + Adjective + Noun
• Modifier


  Words, clauses, and phrases that affect the meaning of a sentence
• Determiner


  A word that is used to introduce a noun
• Transitive Verb


  Transfers the action to something or someone, a direct object
• Determiners


  • a, an, the, those, these
• Quantifiers


  • many, numerous, few, one, two
• Adjectives


  • hardworking, resilient, brave, kind
• Nouns


  • Filipinos, people
• Noun Phrase Functions


  • subject
  • appositive
  • direct object
  • indirect object
  • object of the preposition
  • subject complement
  • object complement
• Prepositional Phrase

  Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun