Unit 7 Vocabulary
Published on Feb 04, 2016
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ACME - N
- After a long hike up the mountain he reached the acme of the mountain.
- Syn: summit, peak, top, pinnacle
- Ant: low point, bottom, nadir
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ATTRIBUTE - N/V
- Her attributes enabled her to get along well with the co-workers.
- Syn: trait, ascribe
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BELITTLE - V
- It is rude to belittle younger children.
- Syn: minimize, underrate, disparage
- Ant: exaggerate, magnify, overestimate
CONVEY - V
- Please convey this message to my assistant.
- Syn: carry, send, impart
EXCISE - V
- The next step is to excise the top part of the paper.
- Syn: cut out, expunge
- Ant: put in, interpolate
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EXOTIC - ADJ
- On our exoric vacation to jamaica we saw many wild animals.
- Syn: strange, alien, picturesque, colorful
- Ant: native, indigenous, familiar, comminplace
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HAGGARD - ADJ
- My haggard grandfather is starting to get sicker in the winter.
- Syn: drawn, gaunt, wasted
- Ant: healthy, glowinh, hale and hearty
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JAUNTY - ADJ
- The jaunty newly engaged couple planned their wedding right away.
- SYn: unconcerned, lighthearted
- Ant: downcast, dejected, glum
JUNCTURE - N
- The juncture of the couple changed their lives.
- Syn: union, seam, joiny, turning point
MENAIL - ADJ/N
- The menail janitor's job is overlooked as just sweeping.
- SYn: underling, sxullion, servant
- Ant: lofty, elevated, boss, master
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PARRY - V/N
- The objective of the game is to parry the other team from getting your flag.
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PREDATORY - ADJ
- The lions are in a predatory state of mind during the night.
- Syn: looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious
RAVAGE - V
- The plan was to ravage all evidence left if the murder.
- Syn: wreck, devastate
- Ant: spare
STANCE - N
- Her stance on politics is known from her books.
- Syn: posture, bearing
TAWDRY - ADJ
- Her tawdry choice in fashion disabked her from getting the job.
- Syn: loud, gaudy, tacky, vulgar
- Ant: refined, tasteful, subdued, muted
TURNCOAT - N
- The turncoat was judged by his old team.
- Syn: quisling, deserter, renegade
- Ant: loyalist, diehard
UNASSUMING - ADJ
- Her unassuming attitude enabled her to have the job as a judge.
- Ant: conceited, pretentious, self-important
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WALLOW - V/N
- She wallowed in the fact that she cant go to the dance.
- Syn: delight in, bask in
WAVER - V
- She wavers from each coice whenever she has a decision to make.
- Syn: hesitate
- ANt: stand firm, be resolute
