Vocab unit 7

Stance

A mental, physical or emotional position adopted with respect to something; A position

Attribute

A quality or feature belonging to someone or something (v.) To consider something as being part of or coming from; To credit with

Excise

A tax on unnecessary goods; (v.) To remove by or as if by cutting

Menial

(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.

Waver

To not make a definite choice; To show indecision

Juncture

a particular point in events or time

Turncoat

a person who switches to an opposing side, party, or reverses principles

Wallow

a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse

Ravage

cause severe and extensive damage to.

Exotic

foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

Jaunty

having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

Haggard

looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering

Belittle

make (someone or something) seem unimportant.

Unassuming

not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest

Predatory

relating to or denoting an animal or animals preying naturally on others.

Tawdry

showy but cheap and of poor quality

Doctrine

a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group.

Convey

To express; To communicate something

Acme

the point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful.

Parry

to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid