Vocabulary Unit 7

the highest point

• attribute

• excise

• acme

• haggard

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

• belittle

• juncture

• stance

• tawdry

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

• ravage

• wallow

• menial

• waver

not putting on airs, modest

• predatory

• unassuming

• tawdry

• exotic

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

• parry

• turncoat

• doctrine

• acme

foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

• exotic

• excise

• haggard

• tawdry

lively, easy and carefree; smart or trim

• unassuming

• tawdry

• haggard

• jaunty

lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; a servant who does the humble, unpleasant tasks

• menial

• belittle

• excise

• haggard

a person who switches to an opposing side or party

• stance

• turncoat

• acme

• attribute

to roll about in a lazy, helpless way; to overindulge in

• ravage

• waver

• wallow

• convey