Unit 7 Vocabulary Words LA8

attribute

• a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

• foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

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

• to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

convey

• showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

• a person who switches to an opposing side or party

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

• the highest point

exotic

• a person who switches to an opposing side or party

• lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

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

• foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

haggard

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

• lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

• to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction

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

juncture

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

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

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

• to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service

menial

• lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

• the highest point

• to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

• (adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

parry

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

• showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

• to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

• (n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles

tawdry

• showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

• to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (n.) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse

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

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

turncoat

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

• to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service

• to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

• a person who switches to an opposing side or party

wallow

• to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service

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

• ) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (n.) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse

• to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports