vocabulary units 7-9
Terms
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- (n) the highest point
- acme
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(n) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something
(v) 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 or importance or value
- belittle
- (v) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
- convey
- (n) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
- doctrine
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(v) to remove by cutting
(n) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service - excise
- (adj) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar 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 trin in appearance
- jaunty
- (n) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
- juncture
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(adj) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity
(n) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks - menial
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(v) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid
(n) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports - parry
- (adj) preying on, plundering, or piratical
- predatory
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(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 and flashy but lacking in good taste
- tawdry
- (n) a person who switches to an opposing side or party
- turncoat
- (adj) not putting on airs, unpretenious; modest
- unassuming
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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 or moral or physical collapse - wallow
- (v) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision
- waver
- (v) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
- abut
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(n) clothes, apparel, garb
(v) to dress, adorn, or bedeck - attire
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(v) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit
(n) use, benefit, or value - avail
- (n) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
- crony
- (adj) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
- cryptic
- (adj) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
- divergent
- (n) hatred, ill-will
- enmity
- (adj) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
- fervent
- (adj) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
- gaunt
- (v) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
- infiltrate
- (v) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
- nullify
- (adj) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
- perceptible
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(v) to plunge straight down
(n) a weight fastened to a line - plummet
- (v) to declare publicly or officially
- proclaim
- (n) an agent, substiture; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
- proxy
- (v) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
- rankle
- (n) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
- scavenger
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(v) to limit. be sparing or frugal
(n) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity - stint
- (adj) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
- stoical
- (v) tireless, continuing with vigor
- unflagging
- (adj) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn
- apt
- (adj, adv) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
- awry
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(n) a short club used as a weapon
(v) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point - bludgeon
- (v) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel
- capitulate
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(v) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against
(n) a sore or injury caused by rubbing - chafe
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(v, trans) to make unclean or dirty, destroy to purity of
(v, intrans) to march in a single line or in columns
(n) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon - defile
- (adj) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning or trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
- dire
- (adj) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion
- disarming
- (adj, part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed
- disgruntled
- (v) to advance beyond the usual or proper liits, trespass
- encroach
- (v) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality
- endow
- (v) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
- fend
- (n) freedom from punishment
- impunity
- (n) air, manner; appearance; expression
- mien
- (adj) having to do with punishment
- penal
- (adj) related to the matter at hand, to the point
- pertinent
- (adj) the greatest in strength or power; most common
- predominant
- (n) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent
- prodigy
- (n) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
- recluse
- (n) fame, glory
- renown