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8th grade unit #7
Question | Answer |
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Menial | lowly, humble, lacking importance |
Parry | to ward off, fend off, evade, avoid |
Predatory | praying on, plundering |
Ravage | to destroy, lay waste, ruin |
Stance | a way of holding the body, position |
tawdry | showy or flashy in a tasteless way |
turncoat | person who switches sides or party |
unassuming | not putting on airs; modest |
wallow | to roll about lazy, clumsy way |
waver | to move to and fro, become unsteady |
Attribute | a quality or characteristic belonging to or associate with someone or something |
Belittle | make something appear smaller then it is, lack or importance |
Convey | to transport, to transmit; to communicate, make known |
Doctrine | a belief, principle, or teaching |
Excise | to remove by cutting |
Exotic | foreign charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unfamiliar |
Haggard | thin pale and careworn as a result of worry or suffering |
Jaunty | lively, easy, and carefree manner |
Juncture | a joining together; the point at which two things are joined. |
acme | the highest point |