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Unit 7
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English
8th Grade
11/12/2007

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acme
Definition
the highest point
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attribute
Definition
a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something
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belittle
Definition
to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
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convey
Definition
to transport, to make known
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doctrine
Definition
a belief, principle, or teaching
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excise
Definition
to remove by cutting, an indirect tax on manufacture
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exotic
Definition
foreign, charmingly unfamiliar
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haggard
Definition
thin pale and careworn as a result of worry
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jaunty
Definition
lively easy and carefree in manner
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juncture
Definition
a joining togather
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menial
Definition
lowly, humble, lacking importance
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parry
Definition
to ward off, to defend
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predatory
Definition
preying on
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ravage
Definition
to destroy laywaste ruin
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stance
Definition
a way of holding the body
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tawdry

Definition
showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
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turncoat
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a person who swiches to the oposing team side or partya traitor
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unassuming
Definition
not putting on airs modest
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wallow
Definition
to roll around in a lazy clumsy or helplesswaybask in
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waver
Definition
to move to and fro, become unsteady;to show lack of firmness or decision ; hesitate, falter
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