Unit 7
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 | summit, top, peak, pinnacle | low point, bottom, nadir
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| Attribute | n. a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something | trait |
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| Belittle | v. to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value | minimize, underrate, disparage | exxagerate, magnify, overestimate
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| Convey | v. to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to | carry, send, impart |
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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 | cut out, delete, expunge | put in, insert, interpolate
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| Exotic | adj. foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual | strange, alien, picturespue, colorful | native, indengenous, familiar, commonplace
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| Excise | n. an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity service |
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| Attribute | v. to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from | ascribe |
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| Haggard | adj. thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking | dranwn, gaunt, wasted | healty, glowing, radiant, hale and hearty
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| jaunty | adj. lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance | unconcerned, lighthearted | downcast, dejected, glum
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| juncture | n. a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time | union, seam, joint | (blank)
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| menial | adj. lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity | (blank) | lofty, elevated
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| menial | n. a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks | underling, scullion, servant | boss, master
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| parry | v. to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid | (blank) | (blank)
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| parry | n. a defensive movement in fencing and other sports | (blank) | (blank)
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| predatory | adj. preying on, plundering, or piratical | looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious | (blank)
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| ravage | v. to destroy, lay waste, ruin | wreck, devestate | spare
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| ravage | n. ruinous damage, destruction | (blank) | (blank)
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| stance | n. a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue | posture, bearing | (blank)
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| ravage | v. to destroy, lay waste, ruin n. ruinous damage, destruction | wreck, devestate | spare
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| stance | n. a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue | posture, bearing | (blank)
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| tawdry | adj. showy and flashy but lacking in good taste | loud, garish, gaudy, tacky, vulgar | refind, tasteful, subdued
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| turncoat | n. a person who switches to an opposing side or party | traitor, quisling, deserter, renegade | loyalist, diehard
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| unassuming | adj. not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest | (blank) | conceited, pretentious, self-important
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| wallow | v. to roll about in lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance | delight, bask in | (blank)
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| wallow | n. a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse | (blank) | (blank)
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| waver | v. to move to and fro, become unstedy; to show lack of firmess or decision | hesitate, falter | stand firm, be resolute
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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