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Unit 7 - Vocab :)

Published on Dec 19, 2015

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ACME (N)

  • S: summit, top
  • A: low point, bottom
  • A perfect game is the acme of any pitcher's career

ATTRIBUTE (N,V)

  • S: (n) trait (v) ascribe
  • I have always wanted the attribute of kindness

BELITTLE (V)

  • S: minimize, underrate
  • A: magnify, enlarge
  • Katie belitted her opponents fir the race thinking she would have to to work har, but was she wrong!

CONVEY (V)

  • S: carry, send
  • Please convey our best wishes to them

DOCTRINE (N)

  • S: belierf, principle
  • The monroe doctrine was created by roosevelt

EXCISE (V,N)

  • S: (v) cut out
  • A: (v) put in
  • We excised the arm in surgury
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EXOTIC (ADJ)

  • S: strange, alien
  • A: native
  • The exotic plant was fasinating everyone

HAGGARD (ADJ)

  • S: drawn , gaunt
  • A: healthy
  • The haggard was looking tired and unhealthy

JAUTNY (ADJ)

  • S: unconcerned
  • A: downcast
  • She was running juantly

JUNCTURE (ADJ)

  • S: union
  • The juncture of traffic was bard to through

MENIAL (ADJ,N)

  • S: (n) servant
  • A: (n) boss
  • The janitor was mad because he got menial job.

PARRY (V,N)

  • S: fend off
  • The man parried the lion when it tried to attack him.

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PREDATORY (ADJ)

  • S: looting
  • A: prey
  • The lion is a predatory animal

RAVAGE (V,N)

  • S: wreck
  • A: spare
  • they ravaged the area, left in ruins

STANCE (N)

  • S: posture
  • Her stande was poor

TAWDRY (ADJ)

  • S: loud
  • A: refined
  • She was tawdry

TURNCOAT (N)

  • S: quisling
  • A: loyalist
  • The turncoat was un loyal

UNASSUMING (ADJ)

  • A: self-important
  • Shes unassuming

WALLOW (V,N)

  • S: delight in, bask in
  • She was wallowing in her sorrows

WAVER (V)

  • S: hesistant
  • She wavered to and fro