Unit 7

• Attribute(noun, verb)


  (noun)- a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something

  Synonym: Trait

  (verb)- to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

  Synonym: ascribe
• Convey(verb)


  To transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to

  Synonym: Carry
• Exotic(adjective)


  Foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

  Synonym: Strange

  Antonym: Native
• Haggard(adjective) 


  Thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking

  Synonyms: gaunt

  Antonyms: healthy
• Juncture (noun)


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

  Synonym: Turning point
• Menial (Adjective, noun)


  (adjective)- lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity

  Antonym: elevated

  (noun)- a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

  Synonyms: servant

  Antonyms: master
• Parry(verb, noun)


  (verb)- To ward off, fend off, evade, avoid

  (noun)- a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
• Tawdry(adjective)


  Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

  Synonym: Loud

  Antonym: Muted
• Turncoat(noun)


  A person who switches to an opposing side or party

  Synonym: Renegade

  Antonym: Loyalist
• Wallow(verb, noun)

  (verb)- To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance

  Synonym: bask in

  (noun)- a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse.
• Acme (noun) 


  The highest point

  Synonym: top

  Antonym: bottom
• Belittle(verb)


  To make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value

  Synonym: minimize

  Antonym: exaggerate
• Doctrine(noun)


  A belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
• Jaunty (adjective)


  Lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

  Synonym: unconcerned

  Antonym: dejected
• Predatory(adjective)


  Preying on, plundering, or piratical

  Synonym: looting
• Ravage (verb, noun)


  (verb)- to destroy, lay waste, ruin

  Synonym: wreck

  Antonym: spare

  (noun)- ruinous damage, destruction
• Stance (noun)

  A way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue

  Synonym: posture
• Unassuming(adjective)


  Not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest

  Antonyms: conceited
• Waver (verb)


  To move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision

  Synonym: hesitate

  Antonym: stand firm
• excise (verb, noun)


  (verb)- to remove by cutting

  Synonym- cut out

  Antonym- put in

  (noun)- an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service