Vocabulary 1.27
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| acme | (n.) the highest point
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| attribute | (n.) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from
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| belittle | (v.) to make something appear be little smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.
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| convey | (v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
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| doctrine | (n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles.
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| excise | (v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service.
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| exotic | (adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
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| haggard | (adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
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| jaunty | (adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
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| juncture | (n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
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| menial | (adj) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n) a servant who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
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| parry | (v) to ward off; fend off, deflect, avoid (n) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
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| predatory | (adj.) preying on, plundering or piratical
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| ravage | (v) to destroy, lay waste, ruin (n) ruinous damage. destruction
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| stance | (n) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
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| tawdry | (adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
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| turncoat | (n) a person who switches sides; a traitor, deserter, renegade
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| unassuming | (adj.) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
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| wallow | (v) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helps way;to overindulge in; to have in abundance.(n.) a wet muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse.
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| waver | (v) to move back and forth, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision
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