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Vocabulary Unit 7
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8th Grade
05/06/2013

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Term
Acme
Definition

(n.) the highest point

Syonyms: summit, top, peak, pinnacle

Antonyms: low point, bottom, nadir

Term
Attribute
Definition

(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

Synonym: (n.) trait; (v.) ascribe

Term
Convey
Definition

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

Synonyms: carry, send, impact

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Doctrine
Definition
(n.) a beilef, principle, or teaching; a system of beleifs or principles; a formulation of such beleifs or principles
Term
Excise
Definition

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

Syonyms: (v.) cut out, delete, expunge

Antonyms: (v.) put in, insert, interpolate

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Exotic
Definition

(adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strinkingly unusual

Syonyms: strange, alien, picturesque, colorful

Antonyms: native, indigenous, familiar, common place

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Juncture
Definition

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

Synonyms: union, seams, joint, turning point

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Menial
Definition

(adj.) lowley, humble, lacking importance; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasent tasks

Syonymms: (n.) underlying, servant

antonyms: (adj.) elevated, boss, master

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Predatory
Definition

(adj.) preying on, plundering

Synonyms: looting, ravenous

 

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Ravage
Definition

(v.) to destroy, ruin

Synonyms: (v.) to wreck, devaste

Antonyms: spare

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Stance
Definition

(n.) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position of an issue

Synonyms: posture, bearing

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Turncoat
Definition

(n.) a person who switches to an opposing side

Synonyms: traitor, deserter

Antonyms: loyalist, die hard

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Unasssuming
Definition

(adj.) not putting on airs, modest

Antonyms: conceided, pretentious, self-important

Term
Wallow
Definition

(v.) to roll about in a clumsey, or hopeless way; to overindulge in; to have abundance; (n.) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath

Synonyms: delight in, bask in

Term
Waver
Definition

(v.) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision

Synonyms: hesitate, falter

Antonyms: stand firm, be resolute

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