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FACS 7

Family and Consumer Sciences

7th Grade Useful Vocabulary and Terms
1. Adapt- to change or alter
2. Advantage- to benefit or gain
3. Airborne- being or carried in the air
4. Allowance- a fixed amount
5. Approve- to accept
6. Assume- to take up (role or position)/expect to be true
7. Consume/ Consumption- to eat or drink or use
8. Coordinate- managing two or more objects, items, or responsibilities
9. Competent- adequate or qualified
10. Creative- the ability to produce something original
11. Curdled- to go bad
12. Deficient- lacking or without
13. Demographic- refers to the makeup of a group
14. Diagonal- running in a slanted position
15. Disengage- to free or release
16. Embellish- to make beautiful with decoration; to exaggerate
17. Extraneous- not necessary
18. Excess- extra; left over
19. Hydrogenation- to add hydrogen to a molecule, usually to increase shelf life
20. Incentive- something to make a person work or try harder
21. Innovation- a new method, idea, or product
22. Interpret- to explain or understand the meaning of
23. Knead- to work and press into a mass with the hands
24. Maintenance- the care or property and/or equipment
25. Organize- to put in order
26. Pinpoint- identify a specific idea or location
27. Prior- before
28. Precision- exactness
29. Proficient- very good at something, usually through practice
30. Realistic- true to life or nature
31. Reliable- trusted
32. Reinforce- to strengthen
33. Reiterate- repeat
34. Reorganize- to put back in proper order
35. Reservoir- a place where something is kept
36. Savory - pleasing to the taste usually without sweetness
37. Separate- to put or keep apart
38. Selvage- the edge of cloth
39. Simultaneously- more than one action completed at the same time
40. Stationary- fixed in one place
41. Substitution- replace or assume position with something else
42. Tart- pleasantly sharp or sour to taste
43. Texture- structure, feel, and appearance
44. Vertical- running up and down
45. Vigorously- done with force
September 2013

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