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Vocabulary #23

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to make something or someone seem unimportant or appear smaller; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value belittle
a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from attribute
lively, easy, self-confident, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance jaunty
thin, pale, exhausted, and unwell as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking haggard
cause severe and extensive damage to, destroy, lay waste, ruin; ruinous damage, destruction ravage
to ward off with a countermove, evade, avoid; a defensive movement in fencing and other sports parry
a person who switches to an opposing side or party; a traitor or someone who is not loyal turncoat
showy and flashy but lacking in good taste, gaudy tawdry
to move back and forth; become unsteady or unreliable; to show lack of firmness or decision waver
not overly proud or confident, humble, modest unassuming
wheat that ______________ in the breeze waver
an _______________ personality unassuming
a ___________ costume tawdry
having only contempt and hatred for the _________________ turncoat
______________ all questions parry
a country _____________ by war ravage
startled by his __________ appearance haggard
walk with a __________ step jaunty
a painting ____________ to Rembrant attribute
_____________ my ability belittle
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