Unit 7
Terms
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- convey
- to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
- attribute
- a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someeeeone or something; To assign to, or credit with;to regard as a caused by or resulting from
- jaunty
- lively, easy, and carefree in a manner; smart or trim in appearance
- belittle
- to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
- excise
- [v.] to remove by cutting; [n.] an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
- turncoat
- a person who switches to an opposing side or party
- menial
- lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; a person who doees the humble and unpleasant tasks
- parry
- [v.] to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; [n.] a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
- doctrine
- a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles;
- wallow
- to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; a wet, muddy, or dusty area used as a sort of bath; a state of moral or phisical collapse
- acme
- the highest point
- predatory
- preying on, plundering, or practical
- waver
- to move to and fro; become unstready; to show lack of firmness or decision
- tawdry
- showy and flahsy but lacking in good taste
- exotic
- foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unfamiliar
- haggard
- thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild looking
- ravage
- to destroy, lay waste, ruin; ruinous damage, destruction
- unassuming
- not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
- stance
- a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
- juncture
- a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time