English 8: Vocabulary Unit 7

a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something

• juncture

• doctrine

• attribute

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

• waver

• ravage

• menial

to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known

• wallow

• convey

• jaunty

not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest

• belittle

• menial

• unassuming

foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

• exotic

• tawdry

• excise

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

• doctrine

• stance

• haggard

to destroy, lay waste, ruin

• belittle

• ravage

• parry

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

• exotic

• unassuming

• haggard

preying on or plundering

• waver

• turncoat

• predatory

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

• parry

• juncture

• stance