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unit 7
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acme | the highest point |
| attribute | a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something |
| belittle | to make something appear smaller than it is |
| convey | to transport to transmit |
| doctrine | a belief principle or teaching |
| excise | to remove by cutting |
| exotic | foreign charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual |
| haggard | thin pale careworn as a result of worry or suffering wild looking |
| jaunty | lively easy and carefree in manner smart or trim in apperance |
| juncture | a jointing together the point at which two things are jointed |
| menial | lowly humble lacking importance or didnity |
| parry | to word of, fend off,deflect,evade,avoid |
| predatory | preying on plundering ot piratical |
| ravage | to destroy lay waste |
| stance | a way of holding the body |
| tawdry | showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
| turncoat | a person who switches to an apposing side |
| unassuming | not putting on airs unpretentious modest |
| wallow | to roll about in a lazy clumsy or helpless way |
| waver | to move to and fro to become unsteady |