Unit 7 Vocabulary

n.) 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

• attribute

• acme

• convey

• jaunty

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

• ravage

• tawdry

• attribute

• convey

n.) the highest point

• acme

• attribute

• exotic

• menial

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

• belittle

• convey

• acme

• parry

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

• doctrine

• exotic

• haggard

• menial

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

• excise

• exercise

• acme

v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to

• convey

• acme

• parry

• menial

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

• haggard

• exotic

• menial

• parry

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

• jaunty

• juncture

• acme

• predatory

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

• jaunty

• juncture

• haggard

• predatory