8th Vocabulary unit 7

Acme

• the highest point
• to regard as caused by or resulting from
• to remove by cutting
• foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Attribute

• to show lack of firmness or decision
• to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid
• to regard as caused by or resulting from
• to make something appear smaller than it is

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Belittle

• thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering
• to transfer ownership or title to
• to make something appear smaller than it is
• to regard as caused by or resulting from

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Convey

• to transfer ownership or title to
• the highest point
• any important point in time
• thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Doctrine

• a person who switches to an opposing side or party
• preying on, plundering, or piratical
• a belief, principle, or teaching
• showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Excise

• to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid
• to show lack of firmness or decision
• the highest point
• to remove by cutting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Exotic

• showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
• foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
• not putting on airs, unpretentious
• to make something appear smaller than it is

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Haggard

• thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering
• to transfer ownership or title to
• a person who switches to an opposing side or party
• ruinous damage, destruction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Jaunty

• a way of holding the body
• to regard as caused by or resulting from
• lively, easy, and carefree in manner
• a person who switches to an opposing side or party

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Juncture

• lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity
• not putting on airs, unpretentious
• thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering
• any important point in time

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D