Unit 7 Vocabulary Flashcards
What means a quality characteristics belonging to or associated with someone or something?
Attribute
What means the highest point?
Acme
What means to make something appear smaller than it really is
Belittle
What means to transport or transmit or communicate
Convey
What means
(n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
Doctrine
What means
(v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
Excise
What means (adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
Exotic
What means (adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
Haggard
What means (adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
Jaunity
What means (n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
Juncture
What means (adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
Menial
What means (v.) to ward of, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
Parry
What means
(adj.) preying on, plundering, or piratical
Predatory
What means (v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction
Ravage
What means
(n.) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
Stance
