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Unit 7
ELA
Term | Definition |
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Acme | The highest point |
Attribute | A quality or characteristic belonging to someone or something;to assign to credit with |
Belittle | To make something appear smaller;to suggest in a way of unimportance |
Convey | to transport;to transmit;to communicate,make known;to tranfer ownership or a title to |
Doctrine | A belief,principle,or teaching |
Excise | To remove by cutting;not the exact tax on distribution or commodity or service |
Exotic | Foreign;charmingly unfamilar or unusual |
Haggard | Thin pale and careworn as a result of worrying;wild-looking |
Jaunty | Lively,easy,and carefree in manner;smart or trim in appaerence |
Juncture | A joining together;the point at which two things are joined;any important point in time |
Menial | Lowly,humble,lacking importance or dignity;a person who does the humble and unpleasant task |
Parry | To ward off,fend off,deflect evade,or avoid ;Being defensive |
Predatory | Preying on,or piratical |
Ravage | To destroy,lay wastes,ruin |
Stance | A way of holding the body;An attitude position |
Tawdry | Flaunting with no style |
Turncoat | A traitor |
Unassuming | modest selfless |
Wallow | To roll about in a lazy,clumsy or helpless way;a wet are used for bathing by animals |
Waver | To move to and from,become unsteady show a lack of firmness |