Level C unit 7

menial

Syn: (n) underling, scullion, servant

jaunty

Syn: unconcerned, lighthearted

predatory

Syn: looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious

haggard

Syn: drawn, gaunt, wasted

tawdry

Syn: loud, gaudy, tacky, vulgar

stance

Syn: posture, bearing

waver

Syn: hesitate

belittle

Syn: minimize, underrate, disparage

unassuming

Ant: conceited, pretentious, self-important

convey

Syn: carry, send, impart

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

excise

Syn: (v) cut out, expunge

acme

Syn: summit, top, peak, pinnacle

attribute

Syn: (n) trait; (v) ascribe

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

waver

juncture

Syn: union, seam, joint, turning point

wallow

Syn: (v) delight in, bask in

ravage

Syn: (v) wreck, devastate

turncoat

Syn: quisling, deserter, renegade

to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

parry

not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest

unassuming

preying on, plundering, or piratical

predatory

exotic

Syn: strange, alien, picturesque, colorful

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

belittle

to transmit; to transport; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to

convey

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

haggard

a person who switches to an opposing side or party

turncoat

showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

tawdry

lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

menial

a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time

juncture

lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

jaunty

foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

exotic

a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

attribute

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

doctrine

the highest point

acme

to destroy, lay waste, ruin; ruinous damage, destruction

ravage

a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue

stance

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

excise