Unit 7 Vocab

Front 1

menial

Back 1

lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity, a servant who does the humble and unpleasent tasks.

Front 2

parry

Back 2

to ward off, evade, avoid; a devensive movement in fencing and other sports

Front 3

predatory

Back 3

preying on, plundering, or piratical

Front 4

ravage

Back 4

to destroy, lay waste, ruin, ruinous damage, destruction

Front 5

stance

Back 5

a way of holding the body; an altitude or position on an issue.

Front 6

tawdry

Back 6

showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

Front 7

turncoat

Back 7

a person who switches to an opposing side or party.

Front 8

unassuming

Back 8

not putting on airs, modest

Front 9

wallow

Back 9

to toll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way, to overindulge in; to have in abundance; a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a snort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse

Front 10

waver

Back 10

to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness.

Front 11

exotic

Back 11

foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

Front 12

acme

Back 12

the highest point

Front 13

attribute

Back 13

a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; to assign to, credit with; to reguard as caused by or resulting from

Front 14

belittle

Back 14

to make something appear smallar than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of imprtance or value

Front 15

convey

Back 15

to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer owndershit or title.

Front 16

dotrine

Back 16

a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles.

Front 17

excise

Back 17

to remove by cutting; an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distibution of a commodity or service.

Front 18

haggard

Back 18

thin, pale, and carewron as a resulty of worry or suffering; wild-looking

Front 19

jaunty

Back 19

lively, easy, and carefree; smart or trim

Front 20

juncture

Back 20

a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time.