Term | Definition |
Acme | The highest point |
Attribute | 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 |
Belittle | To make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value |
Convey | To transmit; to transport; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to |
Doctrine | A belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles |
Excise | To remove by cutting; an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service |
Exotic | Foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusul |
Haggard | Thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking |
Jaunty | Lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance |
Juncture | A joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time |
Menial | Lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks |
Parry | To ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; a defensive movement in fencing and other sports |
Predatory | Preying on, plundering, or piratical |
Ravage | To destroy, lay waste, ruin; ruinous damage, destruction |
Stance | A way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue |
Tawdry | Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
Turncoat | A person who switches to an opposing side or party |
Unassuming | Not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest |
Wallow | To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse |
Waver | To move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision |