Vocab Unit 7 (English - Grade 7th)
Terms
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- waver
- (v.) to mave to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of frimness or decision
- acme
- (n.) the highest point
- parry
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(v.) to ward off,evade,avoid;
(n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports - attribute
- (n.) a quality or characteristic belong to ir associated with somone or something;(v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as cause by or resulting from
- tawdry
- (adj.) showy and flashly but lacking in good taste
- belittle
- (v.) to make something appear smaller than it is ; to refer to in a way that suggests lack if importance or value
- jaunty
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(adj.) lively, easy, and carefree (in manner); smart or trim (in appearance)
- convey
- (v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
- turncoat
- (n.) a person who switches to an opposing side or party
- juncture
- (n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
- stance
- (n.) a way of holding the body; and attitude or position on an issue
- unassuming
- (adj.) not putting on airs, modest
- wallow
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(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 collapae - menial
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(adj.) loely, humble,lacking or dignity;
(n.) a servant who does the humble and unpleasant tasks - ravage
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(v.) to detroy, lay waste, ruin;
(n.) ruinous damage, destruction - haggard
- (adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
- predatory
- (adj.) preying on, plundering, or piratical
- exotic
- (adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or stikingly inusual
- excise
- (v.) to remove by cutting (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
- doctrine
- (n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles