Vocab 7

Question 1

attribute

Answer 1

(n) a quality belonging to someone or something (v) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from syn: trait, ascribe

Question 2

convey

Answer 2

(v) to transport; to transit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to syn: carry, send, impart

Question 3

exotic

Answer 3

(adj) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual syn: strange, alien, picturesque, colorful ant: native, indigenous, familiar, commonplace

Question 4

haggard

Answer 4

(adj) thin, pale, and careworm as a result of worry of suffering; wild-looking syn: drawn, gaunt, wasted ant: healthy, glowing, hale and hearty

Question 5

juncture

Answer 5

(n) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time syn: union, seam, joint, turning point

Question 6

menial

Answer 6

(adj) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity ant: lofty, elevated
(n) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks syn: underling, scullion, servant ant: boss, master

Question 7

parry

Answer 7

(v) to ward off, fend off, evade, avoid

(n) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

Question 8

tawdry

Answer 8

(adj) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste syn: loud, gaudy, tacky, vulgar ant: refined, tasteful, subdued, muted

Question 9

turncoat

Answer 9

(n) a person who switches to an opposing party or side syn: quisling, deserter, renegade ant: loyalist, diehard

Question 10

wallow

Answer 10

(v) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance syn: delight in, bask in
(n) a wet muddy or dusty are used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse

Question 11

acme

Answer 11

(n) the highest point syn: summit, top, peak, pinnacle ant: low point, bottom, nadir

Question 12

belittle

Answer 12

(v) to make something appear smaller than it is: to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value syn: minimize, underrate, disparage ant: exaggerate, magnify, overestimate

Question 13

doctrine

Answer 13

(n) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles

Question 14

excise

Answer 14

(v) to remove by cutting syn: cut out, expunge ant: put in, interpolate
(n) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service

Question 15

jaunty

Answer 15

(adj) lively, easy, and carefree in a manner; smart or trim in appearance syn: unconcerned, lighthearted ant: downcast, dejected, glum

Question 16

predatory

Answer 16

(adj) preying on, plundering, or piratical syn: looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious

Question 17

ravage

Answer 17

(v) to destroy, lay waste, ruin syn: wreck devastate ant: spare
(n) ruinous damage, destruction

Question 18

stance

Answer 18

(n) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue syn: posture, bearing

Question 19

unassuming

Answer 19

(adj) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest ant: conceited, pretentious, self-important

Question 20

waver

Answer 20

(v) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision syn: hesitate ant: stand firm, be resolute