Vocabulary Unit 7C

Flashcards for Vocabulary Unit 7C to aid in studying key terms and their definitions.

The highest point; synonym: summit, antonym: bottom.

acme

A quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone; to assign to or credit with.

attribute

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

belittle

To transport, transmit, or communicate something.

convey

A belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles.

doctrine

To remove by cutting; an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity.

excise

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 joined.

juncture

Lowly, humble, lacking importance; a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks.

menial

To ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid.

parry

Preying on, plundering, or piratical.

predatory

To destroy, lay waste, ruin; ruinous damage or 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; synonym: traitor, antonym: loyalist.

turncoat

Not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest.

unassuming

To roll about in a lazy or clumsy way; to overindulge.

wallow

To move to and fro, to become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

waver