click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
8th grade unit #7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |