Unit 7 Vocab
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- Haggard
- (adj), thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild looking
- Turncoat
- (n), a person who switches to an opposing side or party
- Parry
- (v), to ward off, feend off, deflect, evade, avoid;(n) a defensive movementin fencing and other sports
- Belittle
- (v) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
- Stance
- (n), a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
- Unassuming
- (adj), not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
- Ravage
- (v), to destroy, lay waste,ruin, ruinous damage, destruction,
- Doctrine
- (n), a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
- Attribute
- (n), a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something;(v) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from
- Juncture
- (n), a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
- Tawdry
- (adj), showy and flahsy but lacking in good taste
- Menial
- (adj), lowly humble(n) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
- Convey
- (v), to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
- Jaunty
- (adj), lively, easy, and carefree in a manner; smart or trim in appearance
- Acme
- (n), the highest point
- Exotic
- (adj), foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unfamiliar
- Wallow
- (v), to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance;(n) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used as a sort of bath; a state of moral or phisical collapse
- Predatory
- (adj), preying on, plundering, or piratical
- Excise
- (v), to remove by cutting; (n) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
- Waver
- (v), to move to and fro; become unstready; to show lack of firmness or decision