Unit Seven

Question 1

the highest point (of something)

Answer 1

acme

Question 2

a characteristic, usually a good one

Answer 2

attribute

Question 3

to explain by indicating a cause

Answer 3

attribute

Question 4

lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

Answer 4

belittle

Question 5

to transport

Answer 5

convey

Question 6

to transmit

Answer 6

convey

Question 7

to communicate, make known

Answer 7

convey

Question 8

to transfer ownership or title to

Answer 8

convey

Question 9

a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Answer 9

doctrine

Question 10

to remove by cutting;

Answer 10

excise

Question 11

an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service

Answer 11

excise

Question 12

strikingly strange or unusual

Answer 12

exotic

Question 13

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

Answer 13

haggard

Question 14

having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

Answer 14

jaunty

Question 15

a joining together

Answer 15

juncture

Question 16

the point at which two things are joined;

Answer 16

juncture

Question 17

any important point in time

Answer 17

juncture

Question 18

lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity;

Answer 18

menial

Question 19

a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

Answer 19

menial

Question 20

ti ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid;

Answer 20

parry

Question 21

a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

Answer 21

parry

Question 22

living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

Answer 22

predatory

Question 23

to destroy, lay waste, ruin

Answer 23

ravage

Question 24

ruinous damage, destruction

Answer 24

ravage

Question 25

standing posture

Answer 25

stance

Question 26

cheap and shoddy

Answer 26

tawdry

Question 27

a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

Answer 27

turncoat

Question 28

not arrogant or presuming

Answer 28

unassuming

Question 29

to roll about in a lazy. clumsy, or helpless way

Answer 29

wallow

Question 30

to overindulge in

Answer 30

wallow

Question 31

to have in abundance;

Answer 31

wallow

Question 32

a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath

Answer 32

wallow

Question 33

a state of moral or physical collapse

Answer 33

wallow

Question 34

to move to and fro, become unsteady

Answer 34

waver

Question 35

to show lack of firmness or decision

Answer 35

waver

Question 36

S for acme

Answer 36

summit, top, peak, pinnacle

Question 37

S for attribute

Answer 37

(n.) traitj; (v.) ascribe

Question 38

S for belittle

Answer 38

minimize, underrate, disparage

Question 39

S for convey

Answer 39

carry, send, impart

Question 40

S for excise

Answer 40

cut out, delete expunge

Question 41

S for exotic

Answer 41

strange, alien, picturesque, colorful

Question 42

S for haggard

Answer 42

drawn, gaunt, wasted

Question 43

S for jaunty

Answer 43

unconcerned, lighthearted

Question 44

S for juncture

Answer 44

union, seam, joint, turning point

Question 45

S for menial

Answer 45

underling, scullion, servant

Question 46

S for predatory

Answer 46

looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious

Question 47

S for ravage

Answer 47

wreck, devastate

Question 48

S for stance

Answer 48

posture, bearing

Question 49

S for tawdry

Answer 49

loud, garish, gaudy, tacky, vulgar

Question 50

S for turncoat

Answer 50

traitor, quisling, deserter, renegade

Question 51

S for wallow

Answer 51

delight in, bask in

Question 52

S for waver

Answer 52

hesitate, falter

Question 53

A for acme

Answer 53

low point, bottom, nadir

Question 54

A for belittle

Answer 54

exaggerate, magnify, overestimate

Question 55

A for excise

Answer 55

put in, insert, interpolate

Question 56

A for exotic

Answer 56

native, indigenous, familiar, commonplace

Question 57

A for haggard

Answer 57

healthy, glowing, radiant, hale and hearty

Question 58

A for jaunty

Answer 58

downcast, dejected, glum

Question 59

A for menial

Answer 59

lofty, elevated; (n.) boss, master

Question 60

A for ravage

Answer 60

spure

Question 61

A for tawdry

Answer 61

refined, tasteful, subdued, muted

Question 62

A for turncoat

Answer 62

loyalist, diehard

Question 63

A for unassuming

Answer 63

conceited, pretentious, self-important

Question 64

A for waver

Answer 64

stand firm, be resolute