unit 7 Flashcards
Attribute
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.
S: Trait, ascribe
convey
to transport or transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
S: carry send impart
exotic
foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
S: Strange alien picturesque colorful
A: Native Indigenous Familiar Commonplace
haggard
thin pale careworn as a result of worry or suffering wild looking
S:drawn gaunt wasted
A: Healthy glowing hale hearty
juncture
a joining together what point at which to point join any important point in time.
S: union seam joint turning point
menial
lowly humbly lacking important or dignity a person who does humble and unpleasant tasks
S: underling scullion servant
A: lofty elevated boss master
parry
to ward off, fend off evade avoid a defense movement in fencing and other sports
tawdry
showy flashy but lacking in good taste
S: loud gaudy tacky vulgar
A: refined tasteful subdued muted
turncoat
a person who switches to an opposing side or party
S: quisling deserter renegade
A: loyalist diehard
wallow
to roll about in a lazy clumsy or helpless to overindulge in to have in abundance
S: delight in bask in
acme
the highest point
S: summit top peak pinnacle
A: low point bottom nadir
belittle
to make something appear smaller than it is to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
S: minimize underrate disparage
A: exaggerate magnify overestimate
doctrine
a belief, principle a teaching a system of such beliefs a formulation of such beliefs or principles
excise
to remove by cutting an indirect tax on the manufacture sale or distribution of a commodity or service
S: cut out expunge
A: out in interpolate
jaunty
lively easy and care free in manner smart or trim in appearance
S: unconcerned lighthearted
A: downcast dejected glum
