Unit 7 Flashcards
(20 cards)
ACME
(n) The highest point
Synonyms: summit, top, peak, pinnacle
Antonyms: low point, bottom, nadir
ATTRIBUTE
(n) A quality or characteristic belonging to or assocated with someone or something.
(v) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from
Synonyms: (n) trait; (v) ascribe
BELITTLE
(v) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.
Synonyms: minimize, underrate, disparage
Antonyms: exaggerate, magnify, overestimate
CONVEY
(v) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known, to transfer ownership or title to
Synonyms: carry, send , impart
DOCTRINE
(n) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principals
EXCISE
(v) to remove by cutting;
(n) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
Synonyms: (v) cut out, expunge
Antonyms: (v) put in, interpolate
EXOTIC
(adj) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.
Synonyms: strange, alien, picturesque, colorful
Antonyms: native, indigenous, familiar, commonplace
HAGGARD
(adj) Thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
Synonyms: drawn, gaunt, wasted
Antonyms: healthy, glowing, hale and hearty
JAUNTY
(adj) lively, easy and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
Synonyms: unconcerned, lighthearted
Antonyms: downcast, dejected, glum
JUNCTURE
(n) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
Synonyms: union, seam, joint, turning point
MENIAL
(adj) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity
(n) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
Synonyms: (n) underling, scullion, servant
Antonyms: (adj) lofty, elevated (n) boss, master
PARRY
(v) to ward off, fend off, evade, avoid
(n) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
PREDATORY
(adj) preying on, plundering or piratical
Synonyms: looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious
RAVAGE
(v) to destroy, lay waste, ruin
(n) ruinous damage, destruction
Synonyms: wreck, devastate
Antonyms: spare
TAWDRY
(adj) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
Synonyms: loud, gaudy, tacky, vulgar
Antonyms: refined, tasteful, subdued, muted
TURNCOAT
(n) a person who switches to an opposing side or party
Synonyms: quisling, deserter, renegade
Antonyms: loyalist, diehard
STANCE
(a) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
Synonyms: posture, bearing
UNASSUMING
(adj) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
Antonyms: conceited, pretentious, self-important
WALLOW
(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
Synonyms: (v) delight in, bask in
WAVER
(v) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision
Synonym: hesitate
Antonyms: stand firm, be resolute
