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