7th Grade VocabularyUnit 4

• Statue• A human or animal model made of marble,

bronze, etc. • Stature• The natural height of anything

• Statute• A law or rule written by a legislative body

• Confidently• To do something with full assurance or strong

belief• Confidentially• Secretly or privately

• Allude• To refer to something indirectly or casually• Elude• To escape by trickery, speed, or cleverness• Heresy• An opinion or doctrine that disagrees with

the doctrine of a church or deviates from accepted beliefs or standards

• Hypocrisy• Pretending to follow religious, moral,

upright, or virtuous beliefs when one does not really posses them

• Calvary• A proper noun, refers to the site of Jesus’

crucifixion• Cavalry• A military troop on horseback• Their• Possessive form of they• There• Means “at” or “in that place”• They’re• The contraction for “they are”

• Imminent• Means “likely to happen at any moment”

• Immanent• Means innate, inborn, or indwelling

• Eminent• Means distinguished or prominent

• Consul• An official appointed by a government to look after

the welfare and commercial interests of its citizens in foreign countries

• Council• An assembly of persons convened for advice

• Counsel• To give someone advice