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ELA
Term | Definition |
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Acme | highest point |
Attribute | a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something. To assign,credit with;to regard as caused by or resulting from |
Belittle | to make something appear smaller than it is;to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value |
Convey | to transport;to transmit;to communicate,make known;to transfer ownership or title to |
Doctrine | a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles;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 |
Exotic | foreign;charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual |
Haggard | thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering;wild-looking |
Jaunty | lively,easy,and carefree in manner;smart or trim in apperance |
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 an unpleasant tasks |
Parry | to ward off, fend off,deflect,evade, avoid; A defensive movement in fencing and other sports |
Predatory | preying on, plundering, or pratical |
Ravage | to destroy, lay waste, ruin; Ruinous damage, destruction |
Stance | a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on a issue |
Tawdry | showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
Turncoat | a person who switches to an opposing side or party |
Unassuming | not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest |
Wallow | to roll about in a lazy, clumsy,or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance A wet, muddy area used by animals as a bath ; a state of moral pr physical collaspe |
Waver | to move to and fro, become unsteady;to show lack of firmness or decision |