Vocab Unit 7

to transport; to transmit; to make known

• wallow
• convey
• belittle
• ravage

to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; a wet, muddy area used by animals as a bath

• wallow
• waver
• parry
• excise

preying on, plundering, or piratical

• tawdry
• menial
• haggard
• predatory

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

• ravage
• attribute
• excise
• exotic

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

• acme
• juncture
• doctrine
• parry

a person who switches to an opposing side or party

• wallow
• jaunty
• juncture
• turncoat

not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest

• exotic
• unassuming
• jaunty
• predatory

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

• ravage
• stance
• turncoat
• tawdry

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

• wallow
• attribute
• ravage
• excise

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

• excise
• parry
• waver
• stance