vocabulary unit 7 2
Terms
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- (n.) the highest point
- acme
- (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
- attribute
- (v.) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
- belitle
- (v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
- convey
- (n.) belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
- doctrine
- (v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an idirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
- excise
- (adj.) foriegn; charmingly unfamilar or strikingly unusual
- exotic
- (adj.) thin, pale, and careworn. as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
- haggard
- (adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
- jaunty
- (n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
- juncture
- (adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
- menial
- (v.) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
- parry
- (adj.) preying on, pludering, or piratical
- predatory
- (v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction
- ravage
- (n.) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
- stance
- (adj.) showy falshy but lacking in good taste
- tawdry
- (n.) a person who switches to an opposing side or party
- turncoat
- (adj.) not puttin on airs, unpretentious; modest
- unassuming
- (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 by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse
- wallow
- (v.) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or desicion
- waver