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UNIT 7 VOCABULARY
ELA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACME | The Highest Point |
| ATTRIBUTE | Someone's Characteristics that define/describe them |
| BELITTLE | To make something appear smaller than it is |
| CONVEY | To transport/ make known / transfer ownership or title to |
| DOCTRINE | A system of such beliefs or principals |
| EXCISE | (V) To remove by cutting (N) An indirect tax on the manufacture, sale or distribution |
| EXOTIC | Charmingly unfamiliar |
| HAGGARD | Thin, Pale |
| JAUNTY | Carefree |
| JUNCTURE | Joining Together |
| MENIAL | Lacking importance |
| PERRY | To Ward Off |
| PREDATORY | Preying on |
| RAVAGE | To destroy |
| STANCE | A way of holding the body |
| TAWDRY | Showy or Flashy |
| TURNCOAT | A person who switches to an opposing side or party |
| UNASSUMING | Not putting on Airs Modest |
| WALLOW | To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way |
| WAVER | To move to and fro |