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unit 7 aol
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Acme | highest point |
attribute | quality or characteristic; credit with |
belittle | to refer to in way of lacking importance or value |
convey | communicate; make known |
doctrine | belief principle or teaching |
excise | to remove by cutting; indirect tax |
exotic | foreign |
haggard | thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild- looking |
jaunty | lively, easy, and in a carefree manner |
juncture | joining together |
menial | lowly, humble, lacking importance |
parry | to ward off, avoid; defensive movement in fencing |
predatory | preying on |
ravage | destroy, lay waste, ruin |
stance | posture, body position |
tawdry | flashy but lacking in good taste |
turncoat | traitor, deserter, renegade |
unassuming | not putting on airs, modest |
wallow | to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way |
waver | to move to and fro, unsteady, hesistate |