unit 7 Flashcards

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a quality or characters belonging to or associated with someone or something to assign to credit with to regard as caused

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attribute

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1
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the highest point

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acme

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2
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to make something appear smaller than it is to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value

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belittle

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3
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to transport to transmit to communicate make know to transfer ownership or title to

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convey

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4
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a belief principle or teaching a system of such beliefs or principles a formulation of such beliefs or service

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Doctrine

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5
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foreign charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

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exotic

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

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haggard

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7
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lively easy and carefree in manner smart or trim in appearance

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jaunty

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8
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a joining together the point at which two things are jointed any important point in time

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juncture

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9
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lowly humble lacking importance or dignity a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

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menial

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10
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to ward off fend off evade avoid a defensive movement in ffencing and other sports

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parry

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11
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preying on plundering or piratical

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predatory

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12
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to destroy lay waste ruin ruinous damage destruction

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ravage

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13
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a way of holding the body an attitude or position on an issue

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stance

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14
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showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

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tawdry

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15
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a person who switches to an opposing side or party

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turncoat

16
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not putting on airs unpretentious modest

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unassuming

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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

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wallow

18
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to move to and fro become unsteady to show lack of firmness or decision

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waver

19
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to remove by cutting an indirect tax on the manufacture sale or distribution of a commodity or service

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excise