VOCABULARY UNIT 7

ACME

• Noun
• Sy.-summit, top, peak, pinnacle
• An.-low point, bottom, nadir
• She is now at the acme of her career.

ATTRIBUTE

• Noun/Verb
• Sy.-trait, ascribe
• She had many positive attributes going for her.

BELITTLE

• Verb
• Sy.-minimize, underrate, disparage
• An.-exaggerate, magnify, overestimate
• She was prone to belittling her fellow classmates

CONVEY

• Verb
• Carry, send, impart
• The song was trying to convey the message that
• you don't appreciate things until there gone.

DOCTRINE

• Noun
• She lived by her own personal doctrine.

EXCISE

• Noun, verb
• Sy.-cut out, expunge
• An.- put in, interpolate
• She had to excise the middle paragraph.

EXOTIC

• Adj.
• Sy.-strange, alien, picturesque, colorful
• An.-native, indigenous, familiar, commonplace
• For our summer vacation, we went to an exotic island.

HAGGARD

• Adj.
• Sy.-drawn, gaunt, wasted
• An.- healthy, glowing, hale and hearty
• After the long journey, she looked quite haggard.

JAUNTY

• Adj.
• Sy.-unconcerned, lighthearted
• An.-downcast, dejected, glum
• She acted jaunty and exited all day.

JUNCTURE

• Noun
• Sy.-unit, seam, joint, turning point
• At this juncture of your career, i do not suggest turning back.

MENIAL

• Adj.
• Sy.-underling, scullion, servant
• An.-lofty, elevated, boss, master
• To get to the big jobs, you must take the menial ones first.

PARRY

• Verb
• I can parry every question asked to me.

PREDATORY

• Adj.
• Sy.-looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious
• Beware of the predatory animals.

RAVAGE

• Verb, noun
• Sy.-wreck, devastate
• An.-spare
• The tornado ravaged the city.

STANCE

• Noun
• Sy.-posture, bearing
• She stayed in an awkward stance until he left.

TAWDRY

• Adj.
• Sy.-loud, gaudy, tacky, vulgar
• An.-refined, tasteful, subdued, muted
• Her wardrobe is very tawdry.

TURNCOAT

• Noun
• Sy.-quisling, deserter, renegade
• An.-