Choice day 4

Acme

(n.) the highest point

Attribute

(n.) a quality or characteristic of someone or something
(v.) to assign to, credit with

Belittle

(v.) to make something appear smaller than it is
(v.) to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value

Convey

(v.) to transport, transmit, or communicate

Doctrine

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

Excise

(v.) to remove by cutting

(n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale or distribution of a commodity or service

Exotic

(adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

Haggard

(adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking

Jaunty

(adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

Juncture

(n.) a joining together
(n.) any important point in time

Menial

(adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity
(n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant

Parry

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

(n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

Predatory

(adj.) preying on

Ravage

(v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin

(n.) ruinous damage, destruction

Stance

(n.) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue

Tawdry

(adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

Turncoat

(n.) a person who switches to an opposing side or party

Unassuming

(adj.) not overly showy, quiet

Wallow

(v.) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless in; to have in abundance

(n.) a wet muddy, or dusty area

Waver

(v.) to fluctuate, hesitate, or become unsteady

Abut

(v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support

Attire

(n.) clothes, apparel, garb

(v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck

Avail

(v.) to take advantage of

(n.) use, benefit

Crony

(n.) a very close friend, buddy

Cryptic

(adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Divergent

(adj.) going in different directions; different from each other

Enmity

(n.) hatred

Fervent

(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

Gaunt

(adj.) thin, starved looking

Infiltrate

(v.) to gain entrance secretly and gradually

Nullify

(v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

Perceptible

(adj.) anything that can be seen, heard, tasted, felt, or smelled

Proclaim

(v.) to declare publicly or offically

Proxy

(n.) an agent, substitute

(n.) a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place

Rankle

(v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

Scavenger

(n.) a person who collects usable items from waste materials

(n.) an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

Stint

(v.) to limit

(n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity

Plummet

(v.) to plunge straight down

(n.) a weight fastened to a line

Stoical

(adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

Unflagging

(adj.) tireless continuing with vigor